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Despite the consecutive droughts that have plagued Southern Africa in recent years, Cecilia Amutenya and her six children still have surplus food farming on a 5-hectare dwelling in Northern Namibia’s Omusati Region. “I got plenty of food from my field this year, and I still have enough to take me...

WFD, Theme for 2017 The theme for this year’s World Food Day is: Change the future of migration. Invest in food security and rural development”. The theme focuses on the link between migration, food security and rural development.  The theme shows how FAO contributes to Sustainable Development Goal 2, that is...

The Office of the Prime Minister with technical and financial support from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) developed the national strategy for mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) into Development Planning. The strategy comes in the backdrop of evolving climate change impacts...

In the spirit of ‘Delivering as One’ as the United Nations (UN) System in Namibia, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Namibia donated a Toyota Corolla to the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) Windhoek. The vehicle was received by UNIC Windhoek staff today at a...

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) by the request from the Government of the Republic of Namibia has availed funds to support the implementation of the Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) into key sectors of development.  A National Strategy for Mainstreaming Disaster...