The Executive Director in the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform, Percy Misika said in the agricultural sector, the communal sector is the most vulnerable and the previous challenges together with COVID-19 highly affected the sector. Misika said the pandemic brought limitations for farmers to produce more. He said this sector is labour intensive and because of limitations on gatherings, the level of production has been reduced. He said this applies to commercial farmers whose livestock movement to actions has been stopped. “There is a decline in the number of sales, due to exportation of food to European markets which has been affected,” said Misika. The executive manager of the Namibia Agriculture Union (NAU), Rolie Venter said there is an uncertainty in the agricultural sector due to COVID-19. He said 80% of exports have been affected, the trophy hunting system has been highly affected due to cancellation of clients and it has stopped completely. Venter said agriculture is one of the critical service providers and farmers are doing their best to not retrench their employees. He, however, noted that the primary sector is not yet affected at the moment. Beata Xulu, acting executive director of the Namibia National Farmers Union (NNFU) said, COVID-19, if well managed, will be a temporary problem compared to the persistent drought which has affected farmers for a long time. Xulu said farmers are under pressure on the cash flow. They are unable to pay loans, therefore NNFU has involved Agribank and other stakeholders to give farmers a fresh start and activate the credit guarantee scheme, to reschedule payments for farmers for six months. They said this at the COVID-19 Communication Centre during a panel discussion today.