To mitigate the effects of escalating food and commodity prices and food insecurity in vulnerable communities in Namibia, the World Food Programme yesterday launched the Food Voucher Programme in collaboration with the Japanese embassy at Tsintsabis in the Oshikoto region.
One of the burning issues for farmers and Agripreneurs is notably access to financing – both for operational funding shortfall and for agribusiness start-ups. In various conversations and inquiries to me, as a consultant, farmers are struggling with access to finance.
Land is one of the vital means of production that has enabled the transformation of many family agri-business ventures to be well-established agri-enterprises that enjoy sustainable profits that are shared over many generations.
Death robbed us of a great man, who contributed immensely to humankind in Namibia. Dr Naftali Hamata, popularly known in family circles by his African name, Tuyoleni, was born into a peasant family of tatekulu Henok Hamata, a builder and subsistence farmer, and meekulu Saara Nhinda-Hamata, a housewife and subsistence farmer.
Even though the police report states that no foul play is suspected, Rebecca Rooi has said her husband’s disappearance does not make
sense.
As Namibia explores the potential of green hydrogen as a means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and supporting sustainable development, questions are being raised about the critical implications for national security.
Spatial legacies refer to the lasting effects of human actions on the environment. These effects can be good or bad, such as building roads or damaging the environment.
The year 1964 marked 60 years after the wiping-out order of all the Hereros. A pocket of breathing skeletons cheated death by supping poisoned water.
The green revolution is the misleading name given to a chemical-based agricultural model that was introduced to India in 1965.
In a recent submission to the High Court of Namibia, the attorney-general argued that the crime of sodomy is justified as most Namibians still reject homosexuality. The AG primarily relied on “parliament’s activities” that do not suggest a “legislative trend” towards decriminalising sodomy.