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Staff Reporter
WINDHOEK – "We are currently packing the dates Medjool, Khallas and Zamli for the Southern Africa, Europe and Middle East market. During this process, our investment in 10,000 square meters packaging and processing facility, the Desert Fruit Pack store, has proven invaluable, "says Charles Edmonds, Technical Manager of Pack Store and Farming at Desert Fruit Namibia
managed under strict European safety standards, is the largest in Namibia and can easily compete with international facilities handling date processing.
The store is filled with 39; Advanced equipment and high-tech environment ensures that the packaging and production work proceed at optimal levels of efficiency and effectiveness.The high quality dates are sorted i ndividually to meet strict international grading criteria and the packaging should last until the end of July to reach the harvest tonnage for the year.
Karoline Hendriks, shift supervisor stressed the importance of qualified personnel continuous improvement of skills regarding all aspects of the product. "We are very proud of the fruits we see this year, the packaging has improved over the season and the quality is reflected in the product. A solid team is growing which I am proud to be part of. "
Desert Fruit Namibia dates are highly valued internationally, and the company fills a much needed void at this time of year." Charles explains: "The region of Southern Africa currently does not have access to high quality growers and Middle Eastern products since this product has already been harvested last year during the summer. ;northern hemisphere. So our dates are ready – at the right time.
The Desert Fruit bag store and support buildings were one of the largest construction programs in the Kharas region and the largest private investment of the time. It was opened in February 2017 by the Minister of the Interior and Immigration of the time, Ivula Itana.
Desert Fruit, which employs up to 450 permanent and seasonal employees during peak season, was established in 2005. The first date trees planted in 2006 and the farm is one of the few date producers in the southern hemisphere. The farm has about 22,000 date palates of various ages. In full production, the 5 varieties of date palms will produce a total expected of more than 3,000 tons of quality fruit for export.
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