1.3.3 LAND REFORM AND RESETTLEMENT AND LAND TENURE - At independence, Namibia inherited a racially skewed land distribution pattern with about 43% of the available agricultural land owned by some 4,500 mainly white commercial farmers, while more than 150,000 households had access to only 42% of the land (Werner 1997). The Government has sought to implement a commercial land reform programme to address this difficult legacy. Approximately 139 farms were acquired from 2001 -2010, covering almost 976,000 hectares and the resettlement of 2,537 people. Harring and Odendaal (2002) argue that the Namibian government is yet to integrate environmental considerations into its programme to resettle previously disadvantaged Namibians on Government- purchased farms. In most cases, the purchased farms are carved up into smaller units, which are not large enough to support sustainable and profitable farming enterprises. Post-resettlement support is also an area of weakness, and resettlement farms tend to be characterized by extremely poor veld conditions due to overgrazing or poor grazing management.