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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 Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines). The one-and-a-half-year long...

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 settlement mainly inhabited by the San ethnic minority in eastern Namibia. The training formed part of the technical assistance availed by...

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 had engulfed his area, his cattle were getting thinner by the day as grazing became an almost impossible task due...

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 smartphones and 40 tablets to the Ministry Agriculture, Water and Land Reform (MAWLR). The donation is in line with the implementation...

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 colourful event that took place in the small rural settlement of Utuseb, located south of the coastal town of Walvis...