Schlettwein calls for urgent focus on water crisis

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2024-10-24

SWAKOPMUND, 08 MAY 2023 - Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform Minister Calle Schlettwein speaking at the opening of the planning workshop in Swakopmund on Monday. The week-long event is focusing on discussing the strategic plan as well as present a platform for various stakeholders to coordinate planning within the agricultural sector. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

KEETMANSHOOP, 24 OCT (NAMPA) – The impacts of climate change are most acutely felt through the water cycle, and addressing this issue urgently is crucial, Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform, Calle Schlettwein, has said.
The minister made these remarks at the 10th session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Water Convention in Slovenia on Wednesday.
Schlettwein, in his statement availed to Nampa, said transboundary water cooperation...

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