Namibia - Women, agriculture and rural development Access to agricultural resources and services Access to agricultural resources and services Land. The majority of black farmers reside in Communal areas in which traditional authorities grant usufruct rights to households for crop production, grazing and access to common pasturage.
Rural women gain indirect access through men as wives, daughters and sisters.
The security of their tenure is jeopardized by discriminatory marriage customs and inheritance systems. Data collection needed. Data collection needed. Small-scale farmers have historically been unable to gain access to credit through banks and government institutions which require titled land as security. Since independence, new governmental and NGO credit programmes are providing new sources of credit which are more available to small-holders.