Elita Chikwati Harare Bureau
FORMER Zimbabwe Farmers’ Union president Silas Hungwe has died.He was 92.
Hungwe died at his Mabelreign home in Harare yesterday after a long illness.
Zimbabwe Farmers’ Union director, Paul Zakariya, said: “Hungwe has not been feeling well for a long time. ZFU has lost a great man who contributed a lot to the agricultural industry.”
Zakariya said Hungwe commanded a lot of respect among farmers because of his work in the agricultural industry, especially the small scale sector.
“We’ve lost a dedicated man who represented small scale farmers for the greater part of his life. He was an important figure in the generational transition of wealth of knowledge and this will never be replaced. Hungwe pushed hard for productivity in agriculture. He came up with many initiatives to boost agricultural productivity, chief among them the master farmer training that saw more than 37,000 farmers being trained.”