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Niël Terblanché The Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have joined forces to strengthen Namibia’s agriculture and fisheries sectors through data-driven initiatives. The venture will focus on addressing existing data gaps in the agriculture sector. The collaboration will see the two organizations team up on two critical projects; the development of the Strategic Plan for Agricultural and Rural Statistics (SPARS), and the creation of the Census for Agriculture project document. The SPARS project, which has a focus on evidence-based decision-making and policy formulation, aims to equip the agricultural sector with the…