The National Horticulture Support Project and the Poultry Value Chain Development Scheme, which provide subsidized services to horticulture farmers, are geared towards job creation and increasing the household income of beneficiaries.
A 17-year-old schoolboy, Antonio Araeb, and his mother established a poultry business in 2021 by buying 30 one-day-old chicks at a subsidized price from the Ministry of Agriculture.
Selected villages and settlements will soon have access to clean drinking water following the signing of an agreement between the Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform and the Environmental Investment Fund (EIF).
Namibia has still not recorded flood water in the Cuvelai catchment from southern Angola.
Farming communities at Omipanda village in the Otjombinde Constituency have received a helping hand from the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform for the water woes.
The ministry has provided them with water tanks and pipes and further intends to drill another borehole to remedy the situation.
Outdated geographic information for Namibia increases the cost of development or construction of government projects.
This is according to the Acting Surveyor-General in the Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform, who has called for an update of such information.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform will not tolerate illegal fencing of communal land.
The Director for Resettlement and Program Implementation, Alfred Sikopo, says the Ministry has full support from the traditional authorities to remove fences found to be illegal.
The Environmental Compliance Consultancy has withdrawn its services from Headspings Investments.
Headspings Investments, a Namibian registered Russian-owned mining giant, Uranium One Group, hopes to start mining uranium in the South of Namibia.
A book that aims to promote Namibia's natural, nourishing food was launched in Windhoek.
The cookbook will serve as an easy guide on how to diversify one's diet by using locally available ingredients and cooking equipment.
The Ministry of Agriculture, in collaboration with the Agricultural Bank of Namibia, held a two-day workshop on poultry farming at Omitivine village in the Aminuis constituency.
