Kavango and Zambezi can ensure food security
The Kavango East, Kavango West and Zambezi regions have the potential to become the breadbasket of Namibia, the secretary-general of the DTA of Namibia, Manuel Ngaringombe, has said.
Ngaringombe was speaking after a visit of the north-eastern regions together with the secretary-general of the DTA Youth League, Bensen Katjirijova, and the deputy secretary-general of the party, Linus Tobias.
He said the three regions could ensure food security for the country if they received the necessary support from the central government.
“Government should try and provide them with tractors and seed, and extend the irrigation projects that are already in the regions,” Ngaringombe said.
He praised the building of several schools in the region but added that there were still children being taught under trees in extremely hot weather.
Ngaringombe gave the example of the Munganya Combined School in the Mukwe constituency of the Kavango East Region where pupils are still being taught under a tree.
According to the Crop Prospects and Food Security Situation Report prepared by the Namibian Early Warning and Food Information Unit (NEWFIU) released in June 2017, maize production showed a significant improvement on the Zambezi, Kavango East and West regions this year.
It also indicated that household food security had improved in communal crop-producing regions although there was still a lot to be done to ensure food security for the entire country.
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Ngaringombe was speaking after a visit of the north-eastern regions together with the secretary-general of the DTA Youth League, Bensen Katjirijova, and the deputy secretary-general of the party, Linus Tobias.
He said the three regions could ensure food security for the country if they received the necessary support from the central government.
“Government should try and provide them with tractors and seed, and extend the irrigation projects that are already in the regions,” Ngaringombe said.
He praised the building of several schools in the region but added that there were still children being taught under trees in extremely hot weather.
Ngaringombe gave the example of the Munganya Combined School in the Mukwe constituency of the Kavango East Region where pupils are still being taught under a tree.
According to the Crop Prospects and Food Security Situation Report prepared by the Namibian Early Warning and Food Information Unit (NEWFIU) released in June 2017, maize production showed a significant improvement on the Zambezi, Kavango East and West regions this year.
It also indicated that household food security had improved in communal crop-producing regions although there was still a lot to be done to ensure food security for the entire country.
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