Generational Renewal of and Support for Agricultural Businesses to Achieve Vision 2030 in Namibia—A Focus on Social Protection

Elina M. Amadhila

Journal of Development Policy and Practice, 2025, vol. 10, issue 2, 171-191

Abstract: With six years left before realising Vision 2030 plans, Namibia finds itself with the current generation, that is, young people (youth) not interested/un-motivated to take up agriculture as a form of income-generating activity. Scientific literature is lacking in this area in Namibia, yet there is an argument that social protection (SP) programmes in agriculture are important to help increase agricultural output among the youth and in turn, sustainable food security and reduction in unemployment. Using the theory of market failure, this article sets out to identify challenges experienced by the youth in Namibia in participating in agriculture and discuss how coupling agriculture with SP could contribute to agricultural transformation. A qualitative methodological approach was employed as this approach helps with understanding how people think and act and, in this case, how the youth perceive the agricultural sector. It is found that a lack of infrastructure, income uncertainty, lack of farming protection and access to land deter the youth from participating in agriculture with some categorising farming as ‘not a job’. For agricultural transformation to come about, an enabling environment needs to be created to realise Vision 2030. This study contributes to the literature on proposed solutions in creating an enabling environment for those aspiring to go into agriculture as per the aspiration of the current policies and programmes.

Keywords: Agriculture; Namibia; youth; social protection; environment; Vision 2030 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1177/24551333241263400

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