By: David Shoombe
An analysis by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Namibia has found that strategic investment in food security has decreased over the years, despite the government’s various declarations of agriculture as a sector.
Moreover, every year Namibia has a food insecure population due to inadequate harvest and high food prices.
The FAO tracks the Agriculture Orientation Index figure, which shows that public investment in the sector most critical to rural livelihoods and food security has been on the decline. Patrice Talla, Interim Representative for the FAO in Namibia, stated that the country’s agriculture orientation index currently stands at 0.26, from 0.54 in 2001.
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