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Vision
Green Scheme strives towards appropriate & equitable use of land, contributing towards food security, supporting sustainable growth of economy, maintaining & improving land capability, reduction of poverty and introducing commercial irrigation farming.
Mission
To create an enabling, commercially viable environment through effective public-private partnership, stimulate private investment in the irrigation sub-sector and settle small-scale commercial irrigation farmers.
Strategy
To attract and enable large scale viable commercial farming enterprises to establish entities in remote undeveloped rural areas to act as Service Provider for the successful and sustainable settlement of Small Scale Farmers.
Green Scheme
The Green Scheme policy of the government offers great potential to expand and increase production of food under irrigation. Agribank is already involved through the provision of production loans at Etunda, Orange River Irrigation Project (Orip), and Ndongalinena projects. The policy aims at establishing approximately 22,000 hectares under irrigation along the perennial rivers bordering Namibia. The construction of storage facilities in strategic regions will enable grain produced by small-scale farmers to be bought and stored in the silos for use during time of need. There is therefore a need to develop products stringent upon collateral conditions to access financing along this concept as long as there is a guaranteed buyer of produce.
The green scheme is designed to maximize irrigation opportunities along the maize triangle (Grootfontein, Tsumeb and Otavi) as well as in the north central and North Eastern regions using the Kunene, Kavango and Zambezi rivers as well as the promotion of agro projects in the South using orange and dams such as Naute and Hardap. This policy aims at harnessing the resources of government and other stakeholders in order to increase agriculture productivity and social development as envisaged in NDP III and Vision 2030 strategy.
With regards to the Green Scheme, a total amount of N$9.5 million was granted to Etunda Irrigation Scheme for both the service provider and the 86 small-scale farmers. The same financing arrangements will apply to Ndongalinena irrigation, Shadikongoro and Vungu-vungu projects with a total of 51 small-scale farmers who will receive a combined total loan of N$6.5 million.