Recent veld fires in the ||Kharas Mountain areas have destroyed an estimated 160 thousand hectares of grazing land, spread over 19 farms.

This was revealed in an assessment of damages report compiled by the ||Kharas Regional Council.

A member of the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) in the National Assembly is calling for a subsidy to support farmers to produce more food for the country and for their own household consumption.

The Minister of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism has urged farmers at Otjimboyo Conservancy in Erongo's Dâures Constituency to diversify production systems and adapt to climate change.

Farmers and residents of Amarika village in Otamanzi constituency, Omusati Region, still depend on hand-dug wells that have saline water.

The traditional water sources in the area,  villagers say, do not produce sufficient water for both humans and livestock.

Farmers in the Zambezi Region want visible security along Namibia's borders as cases of stock theft keep increasing.