Category: Agriculture
FY 2023/24: A Busy Year For The Agri Ministry
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reforms has lined up around seven policies and bills for completion and tabling in parliament in the 2023/24 financial year. These include the Land Bill. This was recently announced by the…
Loans Worth ThreeMillion Advanced To Youth In Kavango Regions
By:Annakleta Haikera The Agricultural Bank of Namibia (Agribank) has offered loans valued at N$3.1 million to youth in the two Kavango regions over five years. This was said by Agribank Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Raphael Karuaihe on Wednesday during the…
Kunene Hosts Farmers’Engagement Day
By:UakuturaKambaekua Kunene’s Directorate of Veterinary Services, recently hosted a farmer’s engagement day. An inter-ministerial team consisting of staff members from the Directorate of Veterinary Services and the Directorate of Agricultural Production, Extension and Engineering Service in the Kunene region –…
Undeveloped Agricultural Green Schemes Still Up For Grabs
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus There is no need to claim the communal land for commercial purposes as investors have not taken up the country’s identified undeveloped land for green schemes. Furthermore, some of the 11 green schemes are yet to be taken…
Govt Injects N$15 Million For Mini Desalination Plants
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The ministry of agriculture, water and land reform has given the Environmental Investment Fund (EIF) N$15 million to invest in water-softening systems (mini desalination plants) across 10 regions, the Fund announced the capitalisation last week. The collaboration came…
The Importance Of Weed Control
By:Hanks Saisai As the current rainy season progresses, good rainfall has been recorded in almost all parts of the country. As a result, crop farmers are witnessing a productive crop production season with noteworthy growth of maize, sorghum, and pearl…
Old Mutual Hands Over Fire-Fighting Equipment To Govt
By:Staff Writer The Old Mutual Foundation partnered with the ministry of environment, forestry, and tourism (MEFT) and Agra to sponsor five firefighting equipment to assist the regions where veld fires firefighting machines to help the regions where veld fires usually…
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…