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A household on a resettlement farm in Omaheke.Table 14 shows that 28% of the FURS beneficiaries in Omaheke and Hardap had farmed oncommunal land before being resettled. A slightly higher percentage had farmed on freeholdfarms, while 22% were former farm workers. These figures suggests that most beneficiarieshad gained experience in livestock husbandry and basic farming skills.Table 14: Previous work experience of FURS beneficiariesOmaheke Hardap Total # Total %Farmer elsewhere in a communal area 4 5 9 28.1Farmer elsewhere on a commercial farm 1 9 10 31.3Farm worker 4 3 7 21.9Businessman 1 1 3.1Unemployed 1 3 4 12.5Employed by a company in the formal economy 1 1 3.1Total 12 20 32 100The data presented above suggests that many more respondents in Hardap had farmed oncommercial farms before opting for resettlement. Only one in Omaheke was in this category.This must be attributed to the way that the questions in the questionnaire were posed.In Omaheke, one third of the beneficiaries had come from communal areas and anotherthird had been farm workers. Four respondents stated that they had started farming beforeIndependence, five started in the 1990s and two started only after 2007.Livelihoods Section after B ● Land 5. Farm Reform: Unit Resettlement Namibia country Scheme report (FURS) (2010) ● 89