The recent sixth edition of the Bank Windhoek Agri Series brought together leading voices from government, finance and the agricultural sector at the Namibia Institute of Public Administration and Management (NIPAM) in Windhoek. This year’s focus on genetic diversity is seen as pivotal for improving quality, resilience and yield, securing the future of agriculture in...
Namibia’s beef market continues to demonstrate a strong domestic orientation, with local consumption absorbing nearly two-thirds (69.3%) of total beef production between January and September 2025. Exports accounted for 30.7%, while imports represented a minimal 3.4% of total supply (4.8% of consumption), equivalent to about 6% of total consumption. This highlights the country’s continued self-sufficiency...
For the world, especially governments in the global south, to achieve social justice, eradicate poverty, improve service delivery and accelerate development, a renewed, unusual and cohesive way of doing things must become the new norm, Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare told a gathering in Doha, Qatar. Ngurare was speaking at this week’s Second World Summit for...
RIETFONTEIN – Through hard work, dedication and strategic long-term positioning, the National Youth Service (NYS) is well on its way to becoming a self-sustaining entity that will soon start contributing to about 40% to 50% of the country’s food needs. At its Riefontein multifaced production site, the NYS has now expanded operations to include both...
The Meat Corporation of Namibia (Meatco) interim ceo Albertus Aochamub recently paid courtesy visits to the Governors of both the Kavango East and Kavango West regions, where he reaffirmed the company’s commitment to empower the livelihoods of locals in the two regions. In the Kavango East region, Aochamub was received by Governor Hamunyera Hambyuka and...
Government, through the ministry of agriculture, is set to invest a whopping N$34 million in bolstering and implementing of strategic rain-fed agronomic programmes, which will, in the long term, boost the country’s food security efforts and create resilient value chains. The investment will be made over the 2025/26 financial year and through subsidies. The ministry...
The Agricultural Bank of Namibia (Agribank) has reaffirmed its commitment to empower and upscale smallholder crop farmers countrywide through a strategic collaboration with the Agro-Marketing and Trade Agency (AMTA). The two institutions will work together to strengthen and expand collaboration within the agricultural sector, particularly in the areas of support to small scale farmers who...
This year marks exactly 42 years of Feedmaster’s unwavering service excellence and dedication to providing Namibian farmers and producers with high-quality animal feed that has for decades enhanced the productivity of the country’s agriculture sector. Since 1983, Feedmaster, the country’s leading animal feed producer, has been the pioneering producer and leading innovator of various types...
Under the sixth National Development Plan (NDP6), the government plans to service over 50 000 plots and construct more than 55 000 houses countrywide as part of its efforts to accelerate the delivery of affordable and accessible houses. The NDP6, which will guide government’s social and economic development policies between now and 2030, will see...
The living conditions at the Grootfontein single quarters has drawn wide-ranging criticism. The dwellings, located in the town’s Omulunga residential area, is described as overcrowded, filthy and stench-ridden. Amongst those irked by the poor sanitation and hygiene observed at the dwellings is Otjozondjupa governor John ||Khamuseb, who said it is unacceptable that there are still...