Category: Agriculture
IRDNC Plans Go AheadWith People’s Park Establishment Despite Public Opposition
By:Uakutura Kambaekua Despite community uproar over the planned establishment of a wildlife conservation park in the Kunene region, the Integrated Rural Development and Nature Conservation (IRDNC) together with Kunene Regional Communal Conservancy Association (KRCCA) have reiterated their stance on the…
Agriculture Requires New Vision
By:Josef Kefas Sheehama At least 70% of Namibians depends on agriculture for employment, income and food security. Yet the value added to the sector in the third quarter (Q3) of 2022 was about N$3.2 billion in nominal terms, representing 6.4%…
Sun Shines On Namibian Grape Growers
By Fred Meintjes It is a tale of two countries for Namibian and South African grape growers along the Orange River. It seems that grapes from Namibia had much better fortunes this season than those produced by growers on the…
Nam Imported N$3,4 Billion In Agronomic And Horticulture Products In 5 Quarters
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The country’s inability to produce enough cereal grains and fresh produce has forced consumers to go and buy outside, spending N$3,4 billion in the last 15 months ending September 2022. Out of this import bill, cereal grain…
Trade Restrictions Keeping Food Production And Food Prices High
By: Justicia Shipena Trade restrictions on key food-producing commodities could keep food production costs high as well as food prices for Namibia. This is according to a Simonis Storm agri-monthly report for November. This comes as the World Trade…
Fransfontein Community Garden Project Is Thriving
By: Juliana Iikela The parliamentary standing committee on natural resources which recently paid a follow-up visit to the Fransfontein Community Garden in the Kunene region has found that the garden is flourishing. The N$12.3 million Green Climate Fund (GCF) funded…
Namibia Should Invest In Crops, Says Agronomic Board
Juliana Iikela Namibia needs to invest more in more crop agriculture in the next five years, said Namibia Agronomic (NAB) Board CEO Fidelis Mwazi on Wednesday. Dr Mwazi made these remarks as the NAB hosted anNational Agronomy…
Government Awaits Green Scheme Investors …..seven months later
By:Hertha Ekandjo Nearly eight months after the agriculture ministry said that it would offer the country’s 11 green schemes to local and foreign investors to lease and operate, there appears to have been no takers yet. The country’s government-run green…
Schlettwein Warns of Dashed Hopes Without Water Supply
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus Socio-economic development, food security, and the massive potential of agriculture that are preached every day will not be achieved if the country does not guarantee water security. This is the warning of the minister of agriculture, water and…
Little Room for Growth in Fish Production – Economists
By:Justicia Shipena Namibia is expected to see little real growth in fish production according to an agriculture report released by the financial analyst agency Simonis Storm. The report states that the value of fish exports decreased by 10.9% year on…