Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Coffee output plummets 2010 07 02 – The Zimbabwe Independent 2010 07 02 http://www.theindependent.co.zw/business/27059-coffee-output-plummets.html Thursday, 01 July 2010 19:21 ZIMBABWE’S coffee production has hit a record low since Independence following the chaotic land reform exercise that reduced coffee growing estates to four from 120. Statistics gathered after a high level coffee stakeholder conference held …
Zim land reform myths: Beyond false binaries Zimbabwe Independent Thursday, 01 July 2010 19:45 PROFESSOR Ben Cousins (“Time to ditch the ‘disaster’ scenarios,” Mail & Guardian, May 21) may well be correct that the stereotypical portrayal of land reform in Zimbabwe as a “total failure” is unhelpful. Yet his challenge to this crude media …
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SA farmer arrested & evicted from Chipinge farm SW Radio Africa News Stories for 02 July 2010 By Alex Bell 02 July 2010 Yet another South African farmer in Zimbabwe, meant to be protected by a bilateral investment protection agreement, has been evicted from his farm, following his unlawful arrest and detention on Thursday. Mike …
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Zimbabwe to buy maize from Zim farmers in Zambia SW Radio Africa News Stories for 01 July 2010 Tererai Karimakwenda 01 July 2010 While farms that were once highly productive lie idle under the new ownership of ZANU-PF officials and cronies, Zimbabwe is in the process of negotiating a deal to import maize from neighboring …
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NEWSFLASH JUNE 2, 2010 Dear Member, Stakeholder and Supplier National Association of Dairy Farmers, Zimbabwe Crop Producers’ Assocition and Cattle Producers’ Association are now counting down the days to the Commodities Forum AGM 2010 meeting at Troutbeck, Nyanga from 5th to 7th July. We have had an overwhelming response regarding this function and it …
ARAC UPDATE No. 20 2 June 2010 Dear Farmer, This week we have decided to give information on a number of different things. However we would also like to know how we can serve you better. Einstein said “If you keep doing the same thing you will get the same result!” We started our efforts …
ZESA seeks US$400m from Chinese bank by Own Correspondent Tuesday 29 June 2010 CAHORA BASSA . . . Zimbabwe is importing 150MW from Mozambican hydro power plant HARARE — Zimbabwean energy utility, Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) Holdings, on Monday said negotiations were still underway with a Chinese bank to provide US$400 million to boost …
25 JUNE 2010 EXECUTIVE NEWS We are almost back up to full strength in the office this week now that President Deon Theron is back from leave as well as business, on our behalf outside the country. Many of the rest of the team took advantage of the schools’ exit weekend to be …
Farm abuses documentary steals show at ILO The Zimbabwean Written by TAPIWA ZIVIRA Friday, 25 June 2010 16:18 SWITZERLAND – A video documentary highlighting the atrocities committed on Zimbabwe’s farm workers was the centre of attraction at the Geneva Labour Film Shorts Festival held on the sidelines of the International Labour Conference last week. Produced …
Ambassador Mr Marchal at the opening of the stakeholder conference on Coffee in Mutare. EUROPEAN UNION DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION TO THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE High level Coffee stakeholder Conference Mutare, 25 June 2010 Address of Ambassador Xavier Marchal Head of Delegation of the European Union This is one of my last formal event, …
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