Farming, land reform, drought, livestock.
The Chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Natural Resources has criticised the management of government green schemes, describing conditions at the Hardap Green Scheme as "a disaster" due to poor maintenance, mismanagement, and lack of proper governance, following an oversight visit to agricultural projects in Hardap Region.
4 hours ago · Informanté →
The Chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Natural Resources has criticised the management of government green schemes, describing conditions at the Hardap Green Scheme as "a disaster" due to poor maintenance, mismanagement, and lack of proper governance, following an oversight visit to agricultural projects in Hardap Region.
4 hours ago · Informanté →
Workers at seven former Agricultural Business Development Agency green schemes report they have not received termination letters or official communication following the agency's dissolution.
7 hours ago · Namibian Sun →
Namibia's community seed banks will accept only traditional seeds to preserve indigenous crops and plants, according to the chief forester at the National Plant Genetic Resources Centre. Indigenous seeds are better suited to local conditions and resilient to climate challenges, while genetically modified seeds will be excluded because they deplete soil nutrients.
14 hours ago · The Namibian →
Rice farmers in Namibia cite shortages of machinery, irrigation equipment, fencing, and market access as barriers to scaling production. Manual planting, harvesting, and threshing operations, plus livestock damage to unfenced gardens, remain key challenges.
14 hours ago · The Namibian →
The Gobabis Municipality plans to sell 100 residential plots worth more than N$8.8 million to Mbatjiua Construction CC to address the town's housing backlog. Over 13.4 hectares in Extension 6 have been earmarked for construction, with the municipality accepting public objections until 10 August.
14 hours ago · The Namibian →
Livestock farmers will receive cattle ear tags with nine-digit identification numbers later this year, as the current supply of eight-digit numbers nears exhaustion. Existing tags will remain valid; only new tags will carry the additional digit.
14 hours ago · The Namibian →
Magdalena Jose, 30, is continuing her grandmother Joakina Andreas's vegetable farming work on a one-hectare plot in Kaisosi, Kavango East, which Andreas began in 1985. Despite water shortages and ageing infrastructure, the two grow cabbages, spinach, onions, tomatoes, peppers, beetroot, watermelons, butternuts and local crops for sale.
14 hours ago · The Namibian →
The Ministry of Urban and Rural Development has warned regional councils to improve project implementation and service delivery while announcing a N$10 million allocation for the Food/Cash for Work Programme to provide temporary income support to vulnerable households and strengthen rural resilience. According to the deputy minister, 50.5% of Namibia's population lives in rural areas, and while some regional councils have made progress, others struggle with poor implementation.
16 hours ago · Informanté →
NIDA oversees grape and date farming operations at Naute Farm in //Kharas Region that produce world-class products with significant potential, but the agency's financial and operational challenges constrain the farm from realising its full potential for socio-economic development and job creation.
22 July 2026 · Informanté →
A community seed bank planned for Uuvudhiya constituency in Oshana will primarily benefit farmers in the Kunene-Cuvelai landscape, helping preserve indigenous seeds adapted to local conditions after environmental challenges like drought, floods, and climate change have caused their disappearance.
20 July 2026 · The Namibian →
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Natural Resources has concluded an oversight visit to agricultural projects in Hardap Region, including the Hardap Green Scheme, ROOTS Project, and Namib Dairies Super Farm. The committee commended the efficiency and innovation of privately managed enterprises and said it will incorporate findings into a report to parliament on strengthening agricultural output and food security.
19 July 2026 · Windhoek Observer →
Namibia's housing backlog, estimated at more than 300,000 units, is fundamentally a crisis of land governance, land servicing and urban planning rather than simply a shortage of houses. The source argues that slow, fragmented and expensive land processes — identification, planning, surveying, proclaiming, servicing and allocation — are the root cause of housing delivery delays.
19 July 2026 · The Namibian →
The Livestock and Livestock Products Board of Namibia has introduced changes to the livestock trade permit regime to improve trade facilitation, including allowing transfer of ownership of controlled livestock products between registered importers and extending transit permit validity from seven to fourteen days.
19 July 2026 · Informanté →
Blueberry Namibia has expanded to 136 hectares under cultivation with N$400 million invested, creating 195 permanent and 750 seasonal jobs. The project is set for further expansion with an additional N$1.5 billion investment planned over the next seven years.
18 July 2026 · Informanté →
The University of Namibia and Katima Mulilo Town Council discussed plans for a proposed N$26 million agro-processing plant that would add value to locally grown mangoes and indigenous resources, reduce post-harvest losses, and strengthen regional supply chains and commercialisation.
18 July 2026 · Informanté →