FAO Namibia handed over agricultural tools to the Sihetekera Women Group in Kapako Constituency, Okavango West Region. This was in fulfilment of the FAO pledge made to this women group...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

On Tuesday, 27 March 2018, the Ministry of Agriculture Water and Forestry (MAWF), in collaboration with FAO and other stakeholders joined the rest of the world in commemorating three important...

In efforts to build/enhance the resilience of the livelihoods to threats and crises posed by the recurrent nature of natural disasters in the Kunene Region, the FAO over the years...

  Unsustainable fishing, pollution, climate change and other human activities continue to exert enormous negative pressure the world’s oceans. These actions have led to pollution of water bodies, depletion of fish...

The three United Nations (UN) agencies (WFP, FAO & IOM) in conjunction with the Ministry of Agriculture, Water & Forestry commemorated the World Food Day under the theme “Change the...

FAO participated in the inaugural Food Namibia Expo, held in Rundu, Kavango East Region.  The expo, organized by Food Namibia together with the Office of the Regional Governor, Kavango East...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Informal food vendors received training on food safety and customer care at the Rundu and Ongwediva Fresh Produce Business Hub. The Agro Marketing Trade Agency (AMTA), together with the Food and...

Over the past years, Namibia has suffered three significant droughts.  The poor rainfalls have led to widespread soil erosion and land degradation, loss of arable land, crop failure and high...

Following the declaration of the Drought Emergency and in response to the request from Namibia Government, calling for concerted efforts and action towards addressing the drought situation; the Food and...

In response to a request for assistance made by the Government of Republic of Namibia in 2016, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea have donated USD...