WINDHOEK: The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform is planning on implementing a project which is aimed at strengthening Namibian food systems to recover from emergencies and disease-related shocks. The project is being implemented in collaboration with the Japanese Embassy and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) from this month until September 2024 through the...
November 13, 2024
Tag: Agriculture
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Agriculture Ministry releases report on cattle deaths in Zambezi Region
The Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform has released the findings of an investigation into the mass mortalities of cattle in the Zambezi Region’s Kabe South constituency between June and November last year. 585 cattle, most of them old, pregnant, lactating, or young, died at 23 homesteads and 12 crush pen areas by the...
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MPs worry about agriculture and health funding
Members of Parliament, while expressing appreciation for the 2024–25 budget, have also raised concerns about underfunding in sectors such as agriculture and health. They have urged the Ministry of Finance to consider augmenting allocations in these areas. UDF’s MP Apius Auchab voiced satisfaction with the budget but had reservations about the size of the deficit...
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Women urged to engage in agriculture
Women from around Ondangwa have been encouraged to take up more agricultural projects in order to address food insecurity. This was said on Saturday as women at the town observed Women’s Month by hosting a women’s conference at a local hotel. Agriculture and food security was the topic of the day as women were encouraged...
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Windhoek secures funding to improve urban agriculture
The City of Windhoek (CoW) has secured funding of N$728,000 from AfriFOODlinks for a project aimed at enhancing the food environment, urban agriculture, and sustainability efforts within the City. The project will be implemented in 2025. AfriFOODlinks aims to improve food and nutrition security while delivering positive outcomes for climate and environment, and building socio-ecological...
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Agriculture ministry appoints four women to leading roles in Communal Land Boards – Windhoek Observer
Hertta-Maria Amutenja The Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform has announced the appointment of four women to key positions within the Communal Land Boards. Emphasising the importance of diverse representation, Minister Calle Schlettwein highlighted that each board will now include two women engaged in farming operations in the board’s area and two women with...
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Ministry of Agriculture to implement revised National Resettlement Policy
Maria David MINISTRY of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform intends to implement the revised National Resettlement Policy as from April 2024. This is according to Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform Calle Schlettwein during Parliament, on the approval and implementation of the revised National Resettlement Policy 2023. According to Schlettwein, Land Reform and Resettlement...
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MPs concerned about N$1.9 billion budget allocation for agriculture – Windhoek Observer
Martin Endjala Food production concerns have been sparked by the N$1.9 billion budget allocated to the agriculture sector by the Minister of Finance and Public Enterprises, Iipumbu Shiimi. During the tabling of the National Budget for the 2024/25 financial year in parliament last week, the finance minister said a total of N$1.9 billion has been...
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West Pokot Women Trained In Kitchen Gardening, Climate-Smart Agriculture
Women in West Pokot County have a reason to smile after undergoing training on how to establish kitchen gardens for food security and combat the adverse effects of climate change. The women who hail from Murpus village received the training sponsored by Perur Rays of Hope organization and its development partners in response to the...
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Agriculture sector to host memorial ceremony in honour of late President Geingob
Maria David THE agriculture sector will be hosting a special memorial service in honour of the late President Hage Geingob at Rietfontein in the Otjozondjupa Region. The memorial service is scheduled for Thursday, according to Ndiyakupi Nghituwamata, the Executive Director of the Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Land, and all stakeholders are invited to attend....