The Oshikoto Police Regional Commander, Commissioner Theopolina Kalompo-Nashikaku, has cautioned farmers who have moved their cattle for grazing purposes to Okashana to respect the privacy of guests at the King Nehale Lodge.

Okashana is part of the King Nehale Conservancy area.

Kalompo-Nashikaku says there has been a notable influx of cattle and people to the area due to a lack of sufficient rainfall.

Over 200 farmers from the Otamanzi Constituency have continued their protest against the fencing off of the Sheya Shuushona Conservancy, including a saltpan where they used to freely extract salt for animals and household consumption.

The large grazing land that surrounds the area in question falls under the Ongandjera Traditional Authority.

The farmers held a meeting in the hope of being granted an audience by members of the Land Board who were in the area to listen to their concerns.

Subsistence farmers in the Kavango East Region are optimistic for a bumper harvest, which they attribute to the training they received from the German development agency, GIZ, on climate change.

Farmers who have been attending training on conservation agriculture from GIZ since 2011 are confident of good harvests despite poor rainfall this year.

The Otjombinde Farmers Association's chairperson has called on the government and key partners in the agriculture sector to start preparations for the looming drought that is set to affect the farming community.

Vetuundja Kazapua says the Otjombinde Constituency has recorded below-average rainfall this year, and some farmers have already started relocating their livestock to greener pastures. 

The repeated release of suspected stock theft criminals on bail is contributing to rampant stock theft at Otjimbingwe.

This is according to community members who have called on the police and courts not to grant bail to suspects with pending cases.

Farmers in the Otjimbingwe area lose millions of dollars every year due to stock theft.

In 2020, one farmer lost about seven heads of cattle, worth N$98,000, and was forced to make peace with the loss of 11 animals valued at N$110,000 in one incident.

Subsistence farmers in the Kavango East Region are worried that they might face drought this year due to a lack of rain.

It has been three weeks since there has been no rain.

The rain came on time this season, so the farmers thought, and they were hopeful of good yields this time around.

Crop fields had already been prepared in November, but crops are now drying up even before they could be harvested, owing to a lack of rain.

Farmers say that if there is no rain in the next two weeks, they will have no harvest at all.

Small and Medium scale farmers in the Hardap Region were commended by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Natural Resources, for playing a role in food security in the country.

The parliamentary oversight committee visited the Hardap Green Scheme Irrigation Project at Mariental and also engaged stakeholders in the agriculture sector.

The Hardap region is home to the second biggest dam in the country, ideal for irrigation projects. 

A small group of farmers and members of the public that attended the Omitiomire Cooper Mine public engagement urged the forerunners to carefully evaluate the long-term environmental impact on communities surrounding the area proposed for the mine.

Craton Mining and Exploration hold a mining license over the farm Omitiomire, located 140 km northeast of Windhoek.

The proposed mine includes an open-cast pit, an ore processing plant, heap leach pads, waste rock dumps, a workshop, and water management infrastructure, among others.

Farmers on the outskirts of Windhoek's Satan Slog settlement, known as ǂHoas, are pleased with the good rains that continue to fall in their area and are optimistic about the coming farming season.

The nbc News team visited some farmers to hear their accounts. 

This is a season that often comes with a sigh of relief for many citizens, particularly farmers. 

Those living at ǂHoas, like Abel !Kharuxab, say grazing for their livestock has drastically improved after enduring a very difficult and dry season last year.

A group of farmers from Okakarara Constituency is demanding that the Magistrate's Court stop granting bail to stock theft suspects.

The farmers, under the banner of the Okakarara Residents Association Fighting for Development, claim repeat offenders set free on bail continue with the same criminal activities.

The fed-up farmers held a demonstration on Monday in front of the Okakarara Magistrate's Court, where the spokesperson, Mbimbi Kambaekua, said they are losing livestock to rustlers every other week.