Drought and locust outbreaks negatively impacting smallholder farmers – nbc Source link
November 13, 2024
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Drought and locust outbreaks negatively impacting smallholder farmers
Recurrent drought and locust outbreaks continue to impact smallholder farmers with agriculture-based livelihoods, making them vulnerable to food insecurity and undernutrition. While nearly 70% of the Namibian population depends on agriculture, the 021 Integrated Food Security Phase Classification report indicated that 26% of Namibia’s population faces acute food insecurity. 30% of the population faced acute...
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Long distance negatively impacts marriages – van Wyk
Long-distance marriages have the potential to negatively affect families due to separation. Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) MP Jan van Wyk, agreeing with the mover of the motion, Hidipo Hamata, says families play a role as the building blocks of society and separation is not an ideal situation. Addressing the National Assembly, Van Wyk stressed that...
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Electricity distributors negatively affected by economy – Neville Andre
Erongo Governor Neville Andre said that the current state of the economy will have a negative impact on regional electricity distributors in the region. During his State of the Region Address, André said the global energy landscape is undergoing a significant transition, with renewable energy sources driving a plateau in energy demand by 2030. Despite...
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Water outages negatively impacted Swakopmund’s mining productions in 2022 – Erongo Governor
Staff Reporter UNPLANNED water outages in the Erongo Region, specifically Swakopmund, were one of the main contributing factors that negatively impacted mining production at certain mines in 2022. This was highlighted by the Governor of the Erongo Region, Neville Andre Itope, during his recent State of the Region Address. He revealed that mining productions at...
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Synthetic diamonds negatively affect the market – WINDHOEK OBSERVER
Martin Endjala The Minister of Mines and Energy, Tom Alweendo stressed yesterday that laboratory-produced diamonds, commonly known as synthetic diamonds, pose a danger to the natural diamond market and that robust interventions are needed to safeguard prices. “Like with other minerals, we need to continue to ask ourselves the question of whether our diamonds can...