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The Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe is an organisation that was formed to assist
farmer A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials. The term usually applies to people who do some combination of raising field crops, orchards, vineyards, poultry, or other livestock. A farmer ...
s in
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with a variety of
agricultural Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created f ...
services. Farmers within the country pay a subscription fee which entitles them to the use of these services. Currently the president of the CFU is Peter Steyl. The Chief Executive Officer of the organisation is Hendrik Olivier. The Commercial Farmers Union of Zimbabwe (CFU) is an independent and politically neutral membership driven organisation which represents and advances the interests of professional farmers in Zimbabwe and elsewhere in Africa. The CFU draws its membership from primarily large scale and Intensive Commercial Agricultural Producers, but membership is open to all farmers regardless of scale or land holding. The CFU's main agenda is to promote a stable and competitive agricultural business environment; and to provide advice and support to farmers – covering technical extension service, inputs, marketing aspects, business management, labour relations, advice with land and compensation issues and so on.


History


Presidents

The following is a list of past Presidents of the Commercial Farmers' Union and its antecedents.


Rhodesian Agricultural Union

* R. A. Fletcher (1910–1914) *
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(1914–1916) * C. S. Jobling (1920–1923) * S. M. Lanigan O'Keefe (1923) * H. B. Christian (1929–1931) *
G. N. Fleming G is the seventh letter of the Latin alphabet. G may also refer to: Places * Gabon, international license plate code G * Glasgow, UK postal code G * Eastern Quebec, Canadian postal prefix G * Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia, ...
(1932–1935)


Rhodesian National Farmers' Union

*
J. Dennis J, or j, is the tenth letter of the English alphabet. J may also refer to: * Palatal approximant in the International Phonetic Alphabet * J, Cyrillic letter Je Astronomy * J, a provisional designation prefix for some objects discovered be ...
(1942–1944) *
Humphrey Gibbs Sir Humphrey Vicary Gibbs, (22 November 19025 November 1990), was the penultimate Governor of the colony of Southern Rhodesia, from 24 October 1964 described by its internationally unrecognised government simply as Rhodesia, who served until, ...
(1944–1946) *
John Moore Caldicott Sir John Moore Caldicott (12 February 1900 – 31 January 1986) was a Rhodesian government minister. Early life John Moore Caldicott was born in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, on 12 February 1900 the son of solicitor John Croydon Moore Ca ...
(1946–1948) *
E. D. Palmer E is the fifth letter of the Latin alphabet. E or e may also refer to: Computing and computation * E (1970s text editor), a text editor developed at the Stanford AI Lab in the 1970s * E (complexity), a set of decision problems solvable by a T ...
(1948–1951) *
John MacIntyre John Macintyre or Mcintyre FRSE (2 October 1857 – 29 October 1928) was a Scottish medical doctor who set up the world's first radiology department at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, in Glasgow.M. Chennells (1954–1956) * E. B. Evans (1956–1963) * Tom Mitchell (1963–1968) *
J. W. Field J, or j, is the tenth letter of the English alphabet. J may also refer to: * Palatal approximant in the International Phonetic Alphabet * J, Cyrillic letter Je Astronomy * J, a provisional designation prefix for some objects discovered be ...
(1968–1970) *
R. G. Pascoe R. or r. may refer to: * ''Reign'', the period of time during which an Emperor, king, queen, etc., is ruler * '' Rex'', abbreviated as R., the Latin word meaning King * ''Regina'', abbreviated as R., the Latin word meaning Queen * or , abbreviate ...
(1970–1972) * M. E. Butler (1972–1974) * C. Millar (1974–1976) * John Strong (1976–1978) *
Denis Norman Denis R. Norman (26 March 1931 – 20 December 2019) was a British-Zimbabwean politician who spent a total of twelve years in the Cabinet of Robert Mugabe. He was known as "Nothing Wrong Norman" due to his penchant for trying to put a positi ...
(1978–1979)


Commercial Farmers' Union

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Denis Norman Denis R. Norman (26 March 1931 – 20 December 2019) was a British-Zimbabwean politician who spent a total of twelve years in the Cabinet of Robert Mugabe. He was known as "Nothing Wrong Norman" due to his penchant for trying to put a positi ...
(1979–1980) *
D. B. Spain D. or d. may refer to, usually as an abbreviation: * Don (honorific), a form of address in Spain, Portugal, Italy, and their former overseas empires, usually given to nobles or other individuals of high social rank. * Date of death, as an abbreviati ...
(1980–1981) * Jim Sinclair (1981–1983) *
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(1983–1986) * J. R. Rutherford (1986–1988) *
J. H. Brown J. Harold Brown (1902 – September 17, 1982) was an American composer and musician best known for his production of ''The Saga of Zip Zan Rinkle'', about a man who sleeps between 1948 and 1968 to witness large cultural changes in the United St ...
(1988–1990) * Alan Burl (1990–1992) * Anthony Swire-Thompson (1992–1994) * Peter MacSporran (1994–1996) * Nick Swanepoel (1996–1998) *
R. D. Swift R. or r. may refer to: * ''Reign'', the period of time during which an Emperor, king, queen, etc., is ruler * '' Rex'', abbreviated as R., the Latin word meaning King * ''Regina'', abbreviated as R., the Latin word meaning Queen * or , abbreviate ...
(1998) * Nick Swanepoel (1998–1999) * Tim Henwood (1999–2001) * Colin Cloete (2001–2003) * Doug Taylor-Freeme (2003–2007) * Trevor Gifford (2007–2009) * Deon Theron 2009–2011) * Charles Taffs (2011–2014) * Peter Steyl (2014–2018) * Andrew Pascoe (2018–present)


Notable people

* Mike Campbell, farmer and activist *
Lionel Cripps Lionel Cripps, CMG (11 October 1863 – 3 February 1950), was the first Speaker of the Southern Rhodesian Legislative Assembly. Born in Simla, India, and educated in England, he was the son of a General in the Bengal Staff Corps. Cripps moved t ...
, first
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of the
Southern Rhodesian Legislative Assembly The Legislative Assembly of Rhodesia was the legislature of Southern Rhodesia and then Rhodesia from 1924 to 1970. Background In 1898, the Southern Rhodesian Legislative Council, Southern Rhodesia's first elected representative body, was foun ...
; helped found the CFU *
Humphrey Gibbs Sir Humphrey Vicary Gibbs, (22 November 19025 November 1990), was the penultimate Governor of the colony of Southern Rhodesia, from 24 October 1964 described by its internationally unrecognised government simply as Rhodesia, who served until, ...
, last
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of
Southern Rhodesia Southern Rhodesia was a self-governing British Crown colony in Southern Africa, established in 1923 and consisting of British South Africa Company (BSAC) territories lying south of the Zambezi River. The region was informally known as South ...
before
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; helped found the CFU * Ben Freeth, former CFU official *
Iain Kay James Hamilton Iain Kay (born 1949) is a Zimbabwean farmer and politician who served in the House of Assembly from 2009 to 2013. Previously, he was a commercial farmer near Marondera, Mashonaland East Province. He was also the subject of violent ...
, farmer and politician{{Cite web, url=http://www.zimbabwesituation.com/old/apr2_2002.html, title=The Zimbabwe Situation, last=kdc, website=www.zimbabwesituation.com, access-date=2017-12-12 *
Paul Tangi Mhova Mkondo Paul Tangi Mhova Mkondo (23 December 1945 – 9 May 2013) was a Zimbabwean nationalist, he was part of the first group of Gonakudzingwa restriction camp political prisoners, he is also a Pioneer Insurance Executive, Business magnate, Academic, ...
, member * P. K. van der Byl, former CFU lawyer *
Jenni Williams Jenni Williams (born 1962) is a Zimbabwean human rights activist and a founder of Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA). A prominent critic of President Robert Mugabe's government, she was described by ''The Guardian'' in 2009 as "one of the most trou ...
, former CFU spokeswoman


References


External links


Official website
Agricultural organisations based in Zimbabwe Farmers' organizations 1943 establishments in Southern Rhodesia