Kunene Governor Marius Sheya says the government's drought mitigation programme has been a relief to the farmers.
Sheya was speaking at the handover of livestock, stoves, and water-softening borehole technologies at Khorixas auction kraal in the Kunene Region.
To date, the Omaheke Region has recorded below 100 mm of rainfall; hence, the farming communities, through the Office of the Governor, proposed that virgin lands be found with new boreholes.
Farmers at the Hardap Irrigation Scheme are worried about the critically low levels of the Hardap Dam due to poor rainfall in the area.
They say if the dry conditions continue, it may have an adverse impact on the irrigation scheme that relies on water for production.
The Otavi Constituency has announced that it will start registering farmers who have been pushed to townlands with their animals to benefit from drought relief food.
The Regional Councillor of the Otavi Constituency, George !Garab, says this group of farmers is a special case.
Farmers in Kabbe South in the Zambezi Region have suffered massive stock losses due to pasteurella, a respiratory disease.
Framers, particularly those from the Ikaba area of Zambezi Region, feel let down by the Directorate of Veterinary Services.
Kavango West Governor Sirkka Ausiku has applauded farmers for keeping to the vision for the region to become agriculturally active and self-sufficient.
Ausiku addressed the Kavango West Farmers Union's second ordinary congress at Nkurenkuru.
The Namibia Agronomic Board aims to capacitate local farmers to increase their yields and realise Namibia's food self-sufficiency.
The Minister in the Presidency, Christine ||Hoebes, is urging farmers at Tsjaka and surrounding villages to change their methods of farming to increase food security.
The headwoman of Ohailombo Village, Martha Namundjebo-Tilahun, has brought hope and relief to the farmers in Eengodi and Nehale LyaMpingana constituencies in the Oshikoto Region.
A lack of adequate rainfall this year has affected many people, let alone livestock.
Farmers from drought-stricken regions are calling on the government to fast-track the drought relief scheme so that they can get fodder to feed their animals.
