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Farmers concerned about production

    JOHANNESBURG

    Farmers’ leaders this week forecast a breakdown of Zimbabwe’s agriculture-based economy if the government does not take urgent action to restore law and order in farming districts, news reports quoting the Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) said.

    Violence by ruling party militants led by veterans of the nation’s liberation war was continuing unabated across the country, the CFU said citing the occupation of some 1,600 white owned farms. It said at least 30 new farms had been occupied since last month’s parliamentary elections.

    “Farmers are unable to plan ahead and are not investing in their farms. The situation is simply no longer tenable,” said Tim Henwood, director of the CFU.

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