{"id":309356,"date":"2021-10-11T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=309356"},"modified":"2021-10-11T19:22:43","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T17:22:43","slug":"farmers-given-drought-relief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=309356","title":{"rendered":"Farmers given drought relief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Reporter<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>MORE than 8,000 bales of grass were donated to the Namibia drought relief project to benefit commercial farmers living in the fire ravished areas of Aranos, as well as communal farmers in the drought-stricken Khorixas and Damaraland.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>First National Bank of Namibia donated towards the relief project, which also saw 25 communal farmers in Karasburg benefitting from the lucern bales.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Rene Botes, FNB Manager: Merchant Acquiring, said that agriculture and farming are the backbone of the economy and contributes greatly to the Gross domestic product (GDP), as well as employment creating and food security.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>While many farmers welcomed good rains last year, there are still many areas within Namibia which have been crippled by drought for the past years and have not had the relief of good rains.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-autoplay=\"true\" data-delay=\"3\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"756\" height=\"1008\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-309359\" data-id=\"309359\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Farmers-given-drought-relief-3.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Farmers-given-drought-relief-3.jpg 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