For generations, cattle haven't simply grazed the vast Namibian landscapes; they've been the very foundation...
Empowering small-scale fishers in Zambezi
06 January 2023
06 January 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 workshop targeting small-scale fishers from various communities in Zambezi region.
The workshop and field mission formed part of a series of...
Building resilience in Kavango West region
16 December 2022
16 December 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 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...
FAO supporting Namibia to develop new Comprehensive Conservation Agriculture Programme
17 November 2022
17 November 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 2015-2020) registered commendable progress towards improving food production and incomes for farmers in Namibia. The Framework aimed to increase the application of CA...
Uulili small-scale fishers receive post-harvest training
11 November 2022
11 November 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 (MFMR) with support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
The training was aimed toward supporting improved...