food security
Smart agriculture can change Namibia’s food security
Smart agriculture can address the four main challenges of Namibia’s food production, namely affordability, market access, climate resilience and long-term food stability. This will culminate in sustainable food security, which is presently vulnerable to risk. Building a resilient future requires rethinking how Namibia produces food more efficiently and sustainably[...]
Food security: Indigenous knowledge key to sustainable agriculture
Indigenous knowledge is knowledge that has developed in communities over centuries. In Africa, knowledge is passed on from father to son. Since women are primarily responsible for keeping small-scale farms going, knowledge regarding agriculture and environmental care is passed on from mother to daughter. This indigenous knowledge mirrors how[...]
Food security: Bushmeat and zoonotic disease spillover
A young Ugandan student has become the first to record how a deadly virus like Marburg, a close relative of Ebola, jump from the carrier animal to other animals and humans. Bosco Atukwatse, a 25-year-old undergraduate working with Volcanoes Safaris Partnership Trust Kyambura Lion Project in Queen Elizabeth National[...]
Food security: Women fighting climate change
Women’s role in agriculture in Africa Most of the world’s poor people live in rural areas where they depend on agriculture for their livelihood. In most countries in Africa, women are responsible for growing crops and raising livestock on the family’s smallholder farm. Women not only work the land to[...]
Namibia news: Millions pledged for agri-infrastructure
Namibian agriculture will receive a whopping N$561 million for infrastructure initiatives in the 2025/2026 financial year. This forms part of the government’s strategy to enhance national food security, thereby reducing dependency on food imports. President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah announced the allocation during her first State of the Nation Address (SONA)[...]