The University of Namibia's Ogongo Agricultural Campus has expanded its integrated fish and rice farming production for this year.

Head of the Department for Crop Production Dr. Simon Awala says the current flood waters could also be used to cultivate rice in the affected areas. 

Rice production at the campus has become a pioneering endeavor, attracting local farmers to the seldom-tapped farming activity in northern Namibia.

Rice is typically grown in bunded fields that are continuously flooded with water which helps it to grow until maturity.

The UK's Cardiff University has donated N$4 million to the University of Namibia's Ogongo Agricultural Campus, which it used to purchase various pieces of machinery.

The money was used to buy, among other things, tractors, baler machines, and hay rakes to help the campus improve its production and to assist students to learn by using modern agricultural practices.

Because most indigenous trees are on the verge of extinction, the two universities also invested in the purchase of indigenous trees, which will be planted at the campus bio-diverse forest.