The Otjombinde community has expressed renewed hope following the establishment of a 16-hectare community garden in the area. 

Eight hectares of the garden are already under cultivation.

The Minister of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism, Indileni Daniel, has called for stronger institutional and technical support to fully implement Namibia's Access and Benefit Sharing Framework (ABS).

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform (MAFWLR) is intensifying emergency assistance to farmers in the Zambezi Region, where floods have severely affected crop production.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform, Ruthy Masake, called on young people in the Omusati region to take leadership roles in productive sectors by becoming entrepreneurs.

Communal farmers are encouraged to register their livestock to support Namibia's meat market and contribute to economic growth.

The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism has clarified how Namibia's natural or biological resources should be accessed and used. 

Members of Parliament scrutinised the N$1.3 billion budget allocation for the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform, raising concerns over funding sustainability, equitable distribution of marine resources, agriculture decolonisation, and water harvesting strategies.

Namibia's biological resources are among the most diverse and ecologically significant on the African continent. 

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform says there are no plans to import any bees into the country from South Africa.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform has rolled out interventions to assist flood-affected farmers in the Zambezi Region.

The ministry has stepped in by removing the produce of farmers whose fields are submerged by water.