Kavango Can Feed Namibia
During the 2025/26 season, Namibia imported about 87% of its wheat and 64% of its maize requirements. That followed the 2024/25 drought, the worst in a generation. About 40% of Namibians faced acute food insecurity, and the government declared a state of emergency and unlocked N$825 million for drought relief. The Kavango River, one of the few perennial rivers in the country, carries roughly 10 billion cubic metres of water to the delta every year. It runs past irrigation schemes that produce a fraction of what they could. That cannot be business as usual. A parliamentary standing committee on natural