-The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform has allocated N$116 million towards the purchasing of 33 000 hectares of land during the 2020/21 financial year.

-Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform Calle Schlettwein says the promotion of agricultural activities and full utilisation of productive land could boost Namibia's economic recovery and food production.

-Fruit vendors at Katima Mulilo in the Zambezi Region are frustrated by the Ministry of Agriculture's moratorium on mangoes transported out of the region.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry has suspended import and in transit movement of cloven hoofed animals or their products from South Africa.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry procured 50 new tractors at a cost of N$2,7 million.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry says there is need for commodity value chains in agriculture to become better coordinated, more inclusive, and more participatory.

-The Agriculture, Water and Forestry Ministry is hopeful that some of its proposed and amendment bills will be passed into law by the end of 2018.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry in the Zambezi Region, held a demonstration day for communal farmers at Katima Mulilo.