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...

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...

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)...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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, 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...

Conrad Lifatila, a small-scale livestock farmer in Zambezi region, never thought that his cattle would be alive by now. Critically infected by the ghastly Food and Mouth Disease (FMD) that...

Windhoek, Namibia - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), as part of its support towards Namibia’s locust response activities, recently handed over 56 Samsung Galaxy A12...

On 16 October 2021, Namibians from all walks of life joined the rest of the world in commemorating the annual global observance of the World Food Day (WFD) during a...

Windhoek –Johannes Nathan Vries – a lead farmer from Karas region is a new comer to conservation agriculture. He anticipates better yields, and increased income for his household. “Since adopting...

Johanna kwafeinge Benjamin is a young yet ambitious youth who does not shy away from setting herself apart from her peers. Born and raised in Eheke village in Oshana region,...

In the midst of a very busy news cycle, a quiet revolution has taken place in Africa. Data analysts across the continent have collected data on agriculture, land and the environment...