Agriculture ministry recommends national drought declaration

Contributed by NAMPA.

RUNDU, 23 APR (NAMPA) - The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform has recommended that government declare a drought emergency at national level.
The ministry made this recommendation in its crop prospects, food security and drought situation report after it carried out the crops and household food security monitoring assessment in the seven major northern communal crop producing regions from 12 February to 11 March 2024.
The main purpose of the assessment was to assess crop conditions a ...