By:Josef Kefas Sheehama At least 70% of Namibians depends on agriculture for employment, income and food security. Yet the value added to the sector in the third quarter (Q3) of 2022 was about N$3.2 billion in nominal terms, representing 6.4% of GDP, says the Namibia Statistics Agency. The growth rate of the agriculture sector has […]

By Fred Meintjes It is a tale of two countries for Namibian and South African grape growers along the Orange River. It seems that grapes from Namibia had much better fortunes this season than those produced by growers on the South African side of the Orange River. With the harvest just about complete, Namibia is […]

By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The country’s inability to produce enough cereal grains and fresh produce has forced consumers to go and buy outside, spending N$3,4 billion in the last 15 months ending September 2022. Out of this import bill, cereal grain rules the bill, with wheat and maize being the most imported products. Despite the 11 […]

  By: Justicia Shipena Trade restrictions on key food-producing commodities could keep food production costs high as well as food prices for Namibia. This is according to a Simonis Storm agri-monthly report for November. This comes as the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has warned about the effects of de-globalisation, as trade restrictions have increased, especially […]

By: Juliana Iikela The parliamentary standing committee on natural resources which recently paid a follow-up visit to the Fransfontein Community Garden in the Kunene region has found that the garden is flourishing. The N$12.3 million Green Climate Fund (GCF) funded project was established by the Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia (EIF) along with the ministry […]

By:Hertha Ekandjo Nearly eight months after the agriculture ministry said that it would offer the country’s 11 green schemes to local and foreign investors to lease and operate, there appears to have been no takers yet. The country’s government-run green schemes have been unproductive for years, prompting government to look at potential local and foreign […]

By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus Socio-economic development, food security, and the massive potential of agriculture that are preached every day will not be achieved if the country does not guarantee water security. This is the warning of the minister of agriculture, water and land reform, Calle Schlettwein, during his keynote address at the opening of the 2022 Tsumeb […]

By:Justicia Shipena Namibia is expected to see little real growth in fish production according to an agriculture report released by the financial analyst agency Simonis Storm. The report states that the value of fish exports decreased by 10.9% year on year in August 2022. However, monthly fish exports increased by 8.8% month-on-month in August 2022, […]

By Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus In the long run, Namibia should think of and implement water projects that will make the country less dependent on transboundary water, as Angola develops more infrastructures reducing water flow to Namibia. This was stated by the minister of Agriculture and Water, Calle Schlettwein, in a response to the PDM parliamentarian, Raymond […]