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Drought And Hunger Led To Suspected Food Poisoning, Says Councillor
Annakleta Haikera Thirteen people have died from suspected food poisoning after eating dinner at a homestead at Kayova village, Ndiyona Constituency, in the Kavango East region. The food was consumed on Saturday and the first two deaths were recorded in the early hours of Sunday. Ndiyona Constituency Councillor Laurentius Mukoya said drought and hunger has […]
Namibia Plans To Use Green Hydrogen Locally As Well
Justicia Shipena The hydrogen generated by green hydrogen projects in Namibia will also be used locally. This is according to Green Hydrogen Commissioner James Mnyupe, who touched on Namibia's local use of hydrogen during the signing ceremony of the Feasibility and Implementation Agreement (FIA) between the Namibian government and Hyphen Hydrogen Energy (Hyphen). Hyphen is […]
Nam Chasing The Wind On Agri Expenditure Commitments
…as it fails to meet its Malabo Declaration Promises Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus Since 2019, the Namibian government has failed to stick to its agricultural expenditure commitment and has struggled to boost agriculture's annual contribution to GDP. The country has only managed to record positive progress on one indicator of the Malabo Commitments Items out of the […]
Costly Animal Feed Limiting Large Feedlot Investment
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus Large Scale Feedlot setup is failing to attract capital investment in Namibia due to the high cost of imported animal feed from South Africa, according to the Meat Board of Namibia in their April Livestock Marketing analysis. The Meat Board said this is why live export remains a significant marketing segment for Namibian […]
Why Are We Drilling For Fossil Fuels When We Could Be Planting Hemp?
The 2023 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report on the impacts of climate change has just been released and the outlook is bleak.We need to act now if we want our children to have any future or a habitable planet to live on. So why then in Namibia, a country that is already severely […]
Subsidies from Wealthy Nations Disproportionately Harm Poorer Countries, New Study Finds
By: Staff writer A new research, supported by New Oceana has found that harmful fisheries subsidies from wealthy nations like China, Spain, and the United States are disproportionately impacting poorer nations like Namibia , Guinea-Bissau and Somalia that depend on fish for food security and livelihoods. The paper further reveals that 20-37% of all harmful […]
Namibia To Expand Ties With China In South-South Cooperation
By:Staff writer Namibia will sign a tripartite agreement for the second phase of the South-South cooperation program with China and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations later this year. The statement was made Monday by Jona Musheko, a spokesperson for the Namibian Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform, who said the […]
Agri Sector Not Out Of The Woods
By:Justicia Shipena The Agricultural Bank of Namibia (Agribank) has warned that the agriculture sector is not out of the woods yet and is faced with enormous headwinds. The state-owned financial institution stated this in its market watch report for the month of February 2023. According to the report, the ongoing floods, contingency action plans for […]
The Neckartal Dam: The Hallmark And Sleeping Giant of !Karas …… community members air their views
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus As plans get in motion to utilise the 800 million cubic metre body of water in one of the most improvised and less populated regions, the community is worried about how the Dam can economically empower them. The sentiments were raised last week as the Ministry of Agriculture, Waterand Land Reforms held a […]
No Cattle in Bwabwata, Gov Maintains
By:Fransina Nghidengwa The Minister Of Environment, Forestry and Tourism Pohamba Shifeta says that no cattle is allowed in the Bwabwata National Park due to livestock disease. According to Minister Shifeta, the presence of cattle constitutes a threat to the spreading of lung sickness to the Zambezi region and from Botswana and foot and mouth disease […]