Erasmus Shalihaxwe The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform has last year acquired a total of 33,822 hectares of land at the cost of N$ 91,439,268.02 with the purpose of resettling landless Namibians. Minister Calle Schlettwein, announced this last week in the National Assembly in his budget speech. Stating that the said hectors are...
November 10, 2024
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Agriculture ministry acquires 33,822 hectors of land for land resettlement – Windhoek Observer
Erasmus Shalihaxwe The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform has last year acquired a total of 33,822 hectares of land at the cost of N$ 91,439,268.02 with the purpose of resettling landless Namibians. Minister Calle Schlettwein, announced this last week in the National Assembly in his budget speech. Stating that the said hectors are...
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Agriculture Ministry seeks 84% budget boost to address green scheme shortfall
The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform says it is seeking an 84% budget boost to bridge the budget shortfall, with N$400 million urgently needed for the 2024-2025 fiscal year. This comes as only N$65 million has been allocated to agriculture for the 2024-2025 financial year, representing a mere 16% of the required funds...
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Youth embrace agriculture as viable livelihood option
Agriculture is becoming popular among young people as a means to make a living. 30-year-old Petrus Muyeve from Karibib is one such person who turned his erf into a garden, and it’s now paying off. Muyeve migrated to Karibib from Rundu in search of a better life for himself and his three children. However, after...
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Breaking Down Unam’s Agriculture Specialisation – Top Story 1
The University of Namibia (Unam) Faculty of Agriculture, Engineering and Natural Sciences, offers a variety of courses in agriculture and fisheries sciences. Below are the main courses offered: CROP SCIENCE Crop science is the scientific knowledge, learning, practice and understanding of the cultivation, management, processing and production of crops and how scientific principles can be...
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Japan continues support for education and agriculture in Namibia
Japan has, to date, dispatched more than 100 teachers across different schools, while the construction of additional classrooms in Namibia continues. Funded through Japan’s “Grant Assistance for Grassroots Projects’ programme, Namibia has been a beneficiary of school buildings and around 300 classrooms since 1997. Japan’s Ambassador to Namibia provided an update on this and other...
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Kavango East Governor drives small-scale agriculture projects along river for food security
Kavango East Governor drives small-scale agriculture projects along river for food security NBC Online Tue, 03/26/2024 – 18:25 Source link
