The Roots Apple Project in the Hardap Region is expected to harvest about fifty tons of apples with an estimated value of four-comma-eight-million dollars this year. 

It will be the second harvest of the first commercial apple orchard in the country. 

Roots project manager Jano Rieckert says the apple project aims to reduce Namibia's import dependency from neighboring South Africa and to ensure the country's food security. 

The apple project was established on ten hectares of land in a single phase in 2018. 

Riecket says the biggest motivation is to show that it can actually be done domestically and not just depend on imports as food security for a country is fundamental. 

According to Rieckert, the Roots agricultural project that entails a self-sustaining township is based on three pillars namely: food security, education, and manufacturing. 

By adding value to raw products and selling it abroad Namibia can bring in much-needed foreign currency for the country's economy. 

The Roots project is being developed on three-thousand-two-hundred hectares of land and is located near Stampriet Village