Otjozondjupa Governor James Uerikua says the completion of the biomass project at Otjiwarongo would help address developmental hindrances such as drought.

Uerikua says amidst the current drought spells affecting the nation, biomass will assist in the bush encroachment that is affecting grazing lands or harvesting fields.

Uerikua said that farmers across the region have been battling with diminishing grazing lands. 

Some areas in the Omaheke and Otjozondjupa regions have started to receive rainfall as of late January.

However, most farming communities are of the opinion that they are hoping to record above-average rainfall as grazing land has been in a deplorable state. 

nbc News team talked to some farmers in communal areas to hear about rainfall patterns in their areas. 

A seasonal farmer at Otjombinde Nokia Hange is worried as up to now not enough rainfall was received in the village.

A veld fire that had been raging in the ||Kharas Mountain area since last Friday has been extinguished and is no longer a threat.

Keetmanshoop Rural Constituency Councillor Gertjie Witbooi said this as he gave an update on the veld fire.

Witbooi said the fire, which was caused by lightning, spread across about five farms and destroyed grazing land.

Farmers in the Hardap Region have been battling a veld fire that broke out at the Haribes resettlement farm on Monday.

Both Hardap Governor Salomon April and Hardap Region Council Chairperson Gershon Dausab were at the scene of the fire to help put it out.

The Rehoboth Farmers Association and firefighters from the nearby local authorities, as well as the police, were also assisting.

Members of the Namibian Defense Force were also enlisted to help extinguish the fire.

A veld fire is also raging in the ||Kharas Mountain area.

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.

The report states the veld fires erupted on the 12th of October at Farm Selderus or Garis in the Keetmanshoop District, causing destruction for five days before they were contained.

Affected farmers, the reports state, had to relocate their livestock to grazing areas offered to them.