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FAO together with the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, and the SCORE project under the Ministry successfully conducted Farmers Field days on 26 and 27 February 2019 in Omauni and Endola respectively. The Farmers Field days was conducted at two farmhouses in Omauni and Endola where the Ministry together...

Windhoek – The FAO Representative in Namibia, Ms Farayi Zimudzi and the Executive Director of the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry (MAWF), Mr Percy Misika signed a new USD400,000 TCP project to support drought-affected communities in Namibia. The project aims to enable the Government of Namibia to protect productive assets,...

In keeping with global practice, the Representation of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Namibia supported the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry (MAWF) to host the 2018 World Food Day (WFD) commemoration 2018 on 30 October 2018. As the current SADC chair, Namibia adopted...

The Office of the Dean: Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources (FANR) at the University of Namibia (UNAM), hosted an award ceremony for best performing students of the Faculty at Neudamm Campus on the 11th October 2018.  The purpose of the award ceremony was to encourage students to perform better,...

Between Monday 28 May and Friday 01 June, national institutions and FAO gathered at a workshop in Swakopmund, on the coast of western Namibia, to jointly review the country’s implementation of the FAO Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) and complementary instruments to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. Namibia became...