Plant health vital for food security
03/02/2023
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform (MAWLR) signed a Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) on a phytosanitary and...
Empowering small-scale fishers in Zambezi
06/01/2023
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) conducted a field mission and hosted a capacity training...
Building resilience in Kavango West region
16/12/2022
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with funding from the Government of Japan, donated a variety of agro-inputs and gardening tools to the Diworoka Ruhepo Roge...
Snyfontein community receives capacity support on small-scale fishing
21/11/2022
In June 2022, the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR), with technical support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), launched Namibia’s very first National...
FAO supporting Namibia to develop new Comprehensive Conservation Agriculture Programme
17/11/2022
Swakopmund – The Comprehensive Conservation Agriculture Programme (CCAP) is a framework for coordinated implementation of Conservation Agriculture by all stakeholders in Namibia
The first ever Comprehensive Conservation Agriculture Programme (CCAP 2015-2
Uulili small-scale fishers receive post-harvest training
11/11/2022
31 small-scale fishers, fish farmers, and fishmongers in Uulili, in the Oshana Region, participated in a three-day Gender Transformative Approaches (GTA) training organized by the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine...
Namibia marks World Food Day 2022: An urgent call to leave NO-ONE behind
15/10/2022
Uukwiyuushona – Namibia joined the rest of the world to commemorate this year’s World Food Day (WFD), under the theme "Leave no one behind. Better production, better nutrition, a better...
We cannot let rising hunger in Africa be our legacy
10/10/2022
Accra – World Food Day puts a spotlight on Africa’s hunger crisis
As we mark World Food Day on 16 October, one in five people in Africa is going hungry. More than...
FAO capacitates Namibia’s lawmakers on land tenure governance
12/09/2022
A significant proportion of the Namibian population – especially in rural areas depends, directly and indirectly, on land for their livelihoods.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)...
Message from the outgoing FAO Representative
01/09/2022
As the curtain comes down on my assignment as FAO Representative in Namibia, I could not help looking back on these last 4 years and 8 months. There is just...
FAO hands over new vehicles and computers to strengthen locust surveillance and early warning in Namibia
30/08/2022
Windhoek – The locusts have damaged over 2 000 ha of cropland and more than 700 000 ha of grazing land. More than 3 million ha have been surveyed
The Food...
Safeguarding Namibia’s Lucrative Livestock Sector
19/08/2022
Namibia’s lucrative livestock sector is an important industry for the country as it remains a major source of income and livelihood within the broader agriculture economy with the export of...
Namibia’s farmers reap the benefits of conservation agriculture
17/08/2022
Windhoek - Addressing food insecurity and mitigating the effects of climate change through conservation agriculture
Agriculture in Namibia needs to adopt climate resilient practises to mitigate impacts of weather variabilities,...
Namibia’s agriculture and rural sectors to receive data boost
05/08/2022
Windhoek, Namibia - FAO and NSA are collaborating to develop Namibia’s Strategic Plan for Agricultural and Rural Statistics (SPARS) as the country prepares to conduct its agriculture census.
If Namibia wishes to...
Towards a sustainable bioeconomy for Namibia
22/06/2022
Namibia validates her National Bioeconomy Strategy for the period 2023 – 2028 as it gears towards innovation, conservation, and the sustainable utilization of its biological resources.
The Food and Agriculture Organization...
SWM Programme improves wildlife sustainability in KaZa
29/04/2022
Katima Mulilo, Namibia - Thirteen Community Conservancies (CCs) in the Kavango-Zambezi (KaZa) landscape in northeast Namibia are currently benefiting from various interventions stemming from the Sustainable Wildlife Management Community Conservancy...
FAO’s Poultry support initiative contributes to enhancing skills and diversifying rural livelihoods at Witkrans
25/04/2022
Mariental, Namibia - A group of 16 participants comprising mainly of women and youth from the small farming settlement of Witkrans in the Hardap region recently received training on poultry...
“If they are not controlled nothing will be left for our livestock” – farmers worry as Namibia battles its worst Brown Locust outbreak
21/04/2022
Namibia – The Brown Locust outbreaks in Southern Africa have not captured headlines in the same way as the desert locust in the Horn of Africa, and the Arabian peninsula...
Mapping women in small-scale fisheries
30/03/2022
In September 2020, the Government of Namibia, through the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) committed to develop her National Plan of Action for Small-Scale Fisheries (NPOA-SSF) through implementing the...
Tsumkwe youth recieve training on poultry production
25/03/2022
Tsumkwe, Namibia – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recently facilitated a two-day training workshop on poultry production to a group of youth in Tsumkwe, a small...