The Karibib Farmers Association celebrated its 100th anniversary last week. About 80 guests including the German Ambassador to Namibia, a representative of the Erongo Regional Council, the president of the Namibia Agricultural Union (NAU), Raimar von Hase as well as representatives of the sponsors, Agra and Bank Windhoek, attended the function at the Klippenberg Country Lodge, Karibib.

Von Hase used the Karibib FA as an example on how organised agriculture can survive the assaults of time and can still contribute towards agriculture in Namibia. He encouraged farmers to look at possible alternatives such as the karakul industry which once was a flourishing industry in the Karibib vicinity and currently again shows a revival.
Regarding land reform he again encouraged farmers who want to discontinue farming for whatever reason to offer their farms to the governing in order to enable government to get the envisaged 15 million ha by 2020 by way of the willing seller – willing buyer mechanism for the land reform programme.