Namibia: Vulnerability Assessment Committee Results 2017

Overview

Assessments showed that the population facing food shortage is 214,170, while population below livelihood protection threshold was estimated at 798,384.

Recommendations

• Creation of employment opportunities in the rural areas.

• Vocational training for agriculture and other related fields

• Creation of more Green schemes to increase food production

• Extension of Rural electrification

• Extension of Rural Water Supply services

• Provision of subsidized animal drugs and fodder

• Drilling of new boreholes and upgrading of existing boles

• Asset for work programmes to enable farmers to restock