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'Shame on you'

10 hours ago | Agriculture

The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) has launched a social media campaign to collect funds, as it prepares to drag the government to court over its decision to grant a Russian billionaire a 99-year lease for...

Ombudsman studies ‘master list’

1 day - 18 October 2018 | Agriculture

JEMIMA BEUKES Ombudsman John Walters says he needs time to collate and verify the resettlement master list handed to him by the land reform ministry.Walters said he will only...

Billionaire playground gets green light

1 day - 18 October 2018 | Agriculture

Audacious moves by the land reform ministry to accommodate the Russian billionaire Rashid Sardarov have resulted in the Russian oligarch buying four farms and donating them to the Namibian government, provided that he can lease...

Erratic rain expected

2 days ago - 17 October 2018 | Agriculture

With October rains yet to fall in Namibia, dam levels are alarmingly low and the seasonal outlook for rain does not look promising. Dam levels in Namibia this week dropped to 36% in comparison to...

Small-stock scheme hotly debated

2 days ago - 17 October 2018 | Agriculture

The Livestock Producers' Organisation (LPO) last week successfully held its annual congress with a wide range of topics impacting the sector, that were discussed. The Small-Stock Marketing Scheme (SSMS), which brought the small stock...

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Studies to guide livestock policies

3 days ago - 16 October 2018 | Agriculture

The major challenge in the small-stock farming sector has been uncontrolled exports that threaten its sustainability.This is according to agriculture minister Alpheus !Naruseb in a...

Commercial farmers come to the party

4 days ago - 15 October 2018 | Agriculture

Commercial farmers last week resolved to heed President Hage Geingob's call on land reform. This includes the improvement of farmworkers' living standards, to reduce poverty,...

Aanafaalama taya tsakaneke omupresidende ondjilakati

4 days ago - 15 October 2018 | Agriculture

ELLANIE SMIT Aanafaalama yopangeshefa oya popi kutya otaya ka yambidhidha Omupresidende Hage Geingob momaindilo ge getulululo lyomavi.Shoka osha kwatela mo okuninga omalunduluko moonkalo dhiilonga dhaaniilonga...

Studies conducted to harness flood water

1 week ago - 12 October 2018 | Agriculture

Feasibility studies are being carried out looking into the opportunities of harvesting floodwater. This is according to agriculture minister Alpheus !Naruseb, whose speech was read...

N$5.4 billion for irrigated land

1 week ago - 11 October 2018 | Agriculture

The government plans to put 21 625 hectares under irrigation over the next 12 years, which will cost N$5.4 billion. Additional grain storage facilities with...

Mangetti farmers out in the cold

1 week ago - 10 October 2018 | Agriculture

The Mangetti Farmers' Association (MFA), whose members operate under two land tenure systems, yet without the actual ownership of their land, says they were left...

NAB rewards producers

1 week ago - 10 October 2018 | Agriculture

The Namibian Agronomic Board (NAB) recently hosted its annual National Horticulture Day at Olushandja in the Omusati Region.The NAB annually honours outstanding horticulture producers and...

Uutokolitho wa ningwa momutumba gwevi...

1 week ago - 09 October 2018 | Agriculture

Omusindalandu gwomulandi a pyakudhukwa nomulandithi a pyakudhukwa okwa hololwa tagu ka kuthwa po nokupingenwa po nomilandu dhilwe dha nuninwa okukutha ko evi lyuunafaalama.Natango otaku...

Whites not under threat -...

1 week ago - 08 October 2018 | Agriculture

While opening the door to a comprehensive of audit of all those resettled since independence, and a commission of inquiry into ancestral land claims, President...

'One Namibian, one farm', expropriation...

1 week ago - 08 October 2018 | Agriculture

Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila has assured delegates at the country's just-ended second land conference that resolutions taken at the gathering will be considered for implementation...

Crunch meetings for Meatco

1 week ago - 08 October 2018 | Agriculture

Meatco is set to hold a special members meeting later this month at the Wanderers sport club, where nominations will be discussed and voted on...

Hundreds get commercial farm funding

1 week ago - 08 October 2018 | Agriculture

Over 94% of commercial farmers who applied for credit and loans during the 2013/14 financial year were assisted, while only 5.5% were denied finance to...

Omanyala naga kuthweko - omutseyigevi...

1 week ago - 08 October 2018 | Agriculture

Omupresidende gwoAfrican Farmers' Association of South Africa (AFASA), Dr Vuyo Mahlati, okwa popi kutha ethimbo olya thikana opo omanyala ga kuthweko koonyala moSA oshowo...