Parliamentary Standing Committee bemoans bureaucracy in the country's efforts to ensure food security.

Farmers in the Oshana Region are worried about food insecurity because some areas of the region are still flooded and crops have been submerged by water.

The opposite is that crops in some fields have begun to wilt due to insufficient rain.

International Relations and Cooperation's Deputy Minister Jennelly Matundu says Africans can promote intra-continental trade and ensure food security if they all work together.

The founder and executive chairman of Youth in Agriculture has urged Namibia to reduce its dependence on food imports by increasing its own food production.

Ndatulumukwa Haikali called for the transformation of the agriculture industry and for more youth to take an interest in food production.

Non-governmental organizations will continue to help the Namibian government end hunger by the year 2030.

In this context, the World Food Programme and the Namibia Agronomic Board signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to improve food access and affordability.

World food prices fell for the sixth month in a row in September, UN data showed Friday, as they continued to decline since a record was reached following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

A local shop in Rundu, Kavango East Region, donated food and merchandise to the Cocoma Primary School, located some 160 kilometres east of Rundu.

The donation follows a request by the school principal for assistance to the vulnerable children living in a deplorable hostel at the school.