NAMIBIA PEOPLE IN NEED 729k PEOPLE TARGETED 729k REQUIREMENTS (US$) 56.6M AVAILABLE FUNDS, GOV. 20.8M Sectors Requested Food 596k People Targeted Wash 729k People Targeted Health & Nutrition 729k People Targeted Agriculture 729k People Targeted Overview/Context Based on the March 2016 preliminary crop assessment report, drought conditions continued to affect Namibia as most parts of the country noted another poor and below normal rainfall performance during the 2015/2016 season. Provisional crop estimates indicated a slight improvement from last season’s harvest but still below average production. Communal maize production (Zambezi, Kavango East and Kavango West regions) showed a slight improvement of about 2 per cent from last season’s harvest, but this is 62 per cent below average production. Similarly, commercial maize production indicated a slight improvement of 2 per cent but this 35 per cent below average. Pearl millet production showed a significant improvement of 46 per cent from last season, but this is 39 per cent below average. Sorghum production showed a negative outlook with its harvest expected to drop to 68 per cent below average, and 17 per cent lower than last season’s harvest. Household food security continued to weaken in various parts of the regions as most households are reported to have depleted last season’s harvest and now dependent on the market and the Government Drought Relief Food Programme for food access. Grazing conditions was reported to have improved slightly in most parts of the country, but remained fragile given the ongoing poor rainfall performance. The grazing condition ranges between poor and fair in most places with negative implications on livestock health and conditions. The vulnerability assessment and analysis indicates that the drought has impacted not only on food security but also other sectors such as water, health 56 & nutrition and livestock amongst others. Meanwhile the Government is implementing interim food assistance to 595,839 beneficiaries from May to July 2016 while a comprehensive drought programme is envisaged to start from August to March 2016 Interventions to be implemented include livestock marketing incentives, subsidies for ploughing services, free seeds distribution, drilling and rehabilitation of boreholes, laying of water Key Humanitarian Needs • Food provision beneficiaries. to 595,839 • Water provision, livestock marketing incentives, subsidy on crop production inputs are amongst the planned interventions Medium-Terms Needs Water provision: • A ground water project initiative budgeted at N$830 million ($55 million), of which N$40 million is available in the 2016-2019 Government budget. • Okavango-Grootfontein pipeline link to Eastern National Water Carrier (ENWC). N$1.5 billion ($100 million) is required, which is not available. • Supply of desalinated water in Erongo and Khomas regions. N$15.5 billion ($1 billion) required, which is not available. • Artificial recharge of groundwater in Windhoek. N$250 million ($16 million) required, which is not available. • Expansion of rural pipelines in remaining unserved pockets within