Federation of Farmers’ Unions (FoFu) Vision and Mission Statement
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“Africa must take ownership of its agriculture”
SACAU Press Release 12th December 2014 “Africa must take ownership of its agriculture” – says newly elected PAFO President SACAU President, Dr Theo de Jager has been elected as the new President of the Pan African Farmers’ Organisation (PAFO). He was elected at the 2nd General Assembly of PAFO which was held in …
President Taffs’ Speech at CFU Congress 2014
Congress 2014 speech Honourable Ministers, your Worship the Mayor of Harare, your Excellency’s our Ambassadorial guests, business leaders, community leaders, heads of our visiting agricultural unions, delegates, members, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our annual 71st congress. It is a great pleasure and indeed an honour to address you here as the outgoing President of …
Press Statement 21 August 2014
Press Statement 21st August 2014 PRESS STATEMENT It is with deep concern that we note and condemn the serious assault of a young farmer and his wife at a game farm in the Zvimba district on the night of 19th August 2014. The incident follows on from an increase in poisoning and poaching of …
Press Statement 23 May 2014
PRESS STATEMENT It is with profound sadness, that we announce the passing away of Malcolm Francis and his beloved daughter Catherine Francis after having been so brutally attacked on their farm in the Guruve District in the North Eastern area of Zimbabwe whilst out on an evening walk. The CFU and its members …
Zimbabwe: Without a climate of investment security, BIPPAs will not work
PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Commercial Farmers’ Union, Zimbabwe 16 May 2014 Zimbabwe: Without a climate of investment security, BIPPAs will not work The Commercial Farmers’ Union (CFU) welcomes the recent Zimbabwe Government statements regarding Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection (BIPPA)-protected properties. We see this as a very …
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FAO Climate Change Conference in Johannesburg 4 December 2013 Presentation by CFU President Charles Taffs
IMPROVING FOOD PRODUCTION IN THE ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE – INNOVATIVE ECONOMIC AND TRADE SYSTEMS CHARLES TAFFS President – Commercial Farmers Union – Zimbabwe Introduction This paper provides a broad overview of the key economic and trade issues related to climate change. While agriculture is highly dependent on climatic conditions farming can also bring …
Tinks Zietsman – Nigerian Scam
Tinks Zietsman – Nigerian Scam We publish this in the hope that it will assist Mrs Tinks Zietsman whose tragic story is being so callously used as part of a Nigerian scam. We wish to discourage recipients of this email from responding to it and can verify that Mrs Tinks Zietsman has not written or sent out …
CFU Press Statement on Consolidated Draft Constitution.
PRESS STATEMENT COMMERCIAL FARMERS’ UNION PRESS RELEASE ON THE CONSOLIDATED DRAFT OF THE CONSTITUTION. The Commercial Farmers’ Union of Zimbabwe has noted the publication of the Final Consolidated Draft of the Constitution of Zimbabwe of the 17th July. We are disappointed that the parties to the Global Political Agreement (GPA) have …
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CFU President Press Release
CFU President Press Release It is with dismay, but not unexpected that the persecution and attacks on our members continues and indeed in recent days has increased despite our continued calls to Government for immediate relief. In the last two months alone our members have suffered murder, eviction, extortion as well as theft of their personal property in …