FAO in Namibia
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 workshop targeting small-scale fishers from various communities in Zambezi region. The workshop and field mission formed part of a series of...
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 Community Garden in Tondoro constituency, Kavango West region. The donation forms part of the FAO project “Emergency response and resilience building...
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 Plan of Action for Small-Scale Fisheries (NPOA-SSF). As part of the implementation process for the NPOA-SSF, MFMR is executing a programme...
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 2015-2020) registered commendable progress towards improving food production and incomes for farmers in Namibia. The Framework aimed to increase the application of CA...
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 (MFMR) with support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The training was aimed toward supporting improved...