New Dairy Scheme Aims to Boost Local Production and Reduce Imports

The Agriculture, Water and Land Reform ministry has launched a dairy value chain development scheme to support 60 existing dairy producers across the Otjozondjupa, Omaheke, Hardap, and Zambezi regions in 2024/25. The initiative, which includes subsidies on production stock, veterinary medicine, and equipment, aims to build a modern, self-sustaining dairy industry in Namibia. The scheme seeks to reduce reliance on dairy imports by integrating small-scale rural producers into the national market.

19 February, 2026

Namibia

Analab expands workforce with inauguration of new laboratory

By: Selma Taapopi Analytical Laboratory Services has expanded its operations and now employs approximately 34 staff members, about 60 percent of whom are young people, marking significant growth from the four staff employed when it was established in 1997. The increase in staff follows the inauguration of a new laboratory in Windhoek on Wednesday, which will complement […]

19 February, 2026