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“Our animals were as thin as straws of grass but now they are looking very fat and healthy,” said Agnes Tengovandu-Tjindo, of Otjozondjou, a small village in Erongo, Western Namibia. New systems of hydroponic fodder production, like the one recently set up in Otjozondjou, are part of the solution to...

The Government of Namibia has embarked upon the process of developing a National Plan of Action (NPOA) in support of implementing the Voluntary Guidelines on Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines).  The process commenced with the establishment of a National Task Force...

“This is the first time seeing such a scary situation ever since I was born here. Nothing else can compare to such a serious threat,” said farmer Fabian Sisamu. “It is the worst situation ever; we are fearful of the future,” his friend Ian Mubita adds, disheartened by what may lay...

Last month, a group of 32 agricultural extension officers from across all 14 regions in Namibia attended a planning and inception workshop in Otjiwarongo as part of the project Strengthening Coordination, Scaling Up and Governance of Conservation Agriculture in Southern Africa (SUCASA). The inception workshop, which was organised by FAO Namibia in collaboration...

Two separate validation workshops of the translated versions of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT) recently took place in Namibia’s capital city, Windhoek. The validation workshops, which took place on the 26-29 October 2020, sought...