Mashare Berries Farm in the Kavango East Region is expected to create more employment, following the expansion of its production with 40 more hectares.

For the past four years, the farm has been operating on 20 hectares piece of land.

The farm Project Manager Izak Grobbelaar says the farm expanded due to the demand for blueberries on the international market.

"We expanded from 20 hectares up to 60 hectares, so yes we are seeing positive trends on the farm, we are still in the process of trying to expand up to 200 hectares."

The farm exports 95 of its fresh produce to European countries. 

Grobbelaar says the remaining five percent is for the local market.

The farm had 30 permanent employees last year, due to the expansion at the moment the farm has 90 permanent employees.

Despite positive results, the farm faces export challenges.

"Some of the challenges that we have had this year actually was the South African strike at Cape Town Port."

At the moment the farm is busy with the plantation.