Tag: drought

The Cabinet has endorsed the enrolment of an additional 64,525 households to benefit from the national drought relief programme, which ...

By Hanks Saisai The 2023 – 2024 rainy season was characterized by below-average rainfall in many crop producing regions of ...

By Erastus Ngaruka A significant number of livestock mortalities in many farming areas can be attributed to plant poisoning especially ...

The United Nations (UN) has allocated N$53.3 million (US$3 million) from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to assist more ...

The government of Japan says it will provide a N$9-million emergency grant to Namibia to aid drought-stricken parts of the ...

Agriculture, Water and Land Reform Minister Calle Schlettwein has called for urgent agricultural diversification and increased government support to shield the ...

Namibia is facing a stark increase in food insecurity, with a new report indicating a 19% rise in affected individuals, ...

The Namibian Agronomic Board (NAB) says the country would need to invest N$844 million to irrigate land to bridge the ...

Namibia's white maize production surged by 70.8% to 2,203 tonnes during the first quarter of the year, latest figures show. Despite the increase, ...

The agricultural sector is fundamental to the sustenance of livelihoods in Namibia, however, it faces several challenges associated with climate ...