Charting Namibia’s grape growth
Can you tell us a bit about the Namibian table grape business, and the benefits of production in the country?
Andre Vermaak: It’s a very remote area. In 1988, the first 20ha of Thompson Seedless were planted through a very well-known South African grower partnership, and it stayed like that for many years.
And then in 2000, the advantages of supply in November-December

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