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farmer to farmer or farmer to traders, who would illegally smuggle the cattle to urban areas
especially at night for slaughter. Such practices deprived the local authorities' revenue in
form of taxes, but more serious was the noncompliance with government guidelines on
animal disease control. Participation of farmers in cattle markets post fast track land reform
(2008) in Mwenezi district of Zimbabwe has been summarised on Table 11.7, showing both
new resettlement and communal areas.
The data displayed in Table 11.7 show that more auction points (totalling nine) are
located in new farms as compared to four in the old communal lands of Mwenezi district.
Dispersion of the new settlements as a result of Fast Track Land Reform Programme could
be the reason for this distribution. More so, more cattle were purchased from the new
farmers than the old communal areas in 2008. Various factors including good pastures
Table 11.7. Cattle market statistics in Mwenezi district for 2008 (Compiled from Mwenezi district council
auction records for 2008).
Auction points
Jan Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Total
New resettlement areas (post fast track areas)
Chamakudo
0
150
213
250
206
270
381
114
290
287
541
308
3,010
Chovelele
0
270
167
333
478
0
255
201
144
460
616
523
3,447
Chizenge
0
0
0
152
200
269
247
216
250
315
443
561
2,653
Mananga
0
218
396
98
0
244
289
116
261
267
350
693
2,932
Welkom
0
161
0
300
216
0
107
246
0
251
361
469
2,111
Chingwizi
0
300
0
114
200
0
136
160
222
465
728
386
2,711
Stelmaco
0
243
416
213
0
0
239
111
210
444
587
401
2,864
Mucheni
0
197
127
304
0
234
284
126
197
366
405
819
3,059
Muzhanjire
0
113
289
166
259
0
278
323
0
248
293
427
2,396
Total
0
1,652 1,608 1,930 1,559 1,017 2,216 1,613 1,574 3,103 4,324 4,587 25,183
Average
0
184
179
214
173
113
246
179
175
345
480
510
2,798
Old communal areas
Maranda
0
215
188
200
257
288
315
173
188
516
0
956
3,296
Chemvana
0
489
256
280
0
267
140
154
264
311
613
752
3,526
Chitemere
0
0
250
293
197
0
160
211
257
198
356
280
2,202
Neshuro
0
173
0
278
167
153
127
96
226
0
186
439
1,845
Total
0
877
694 1,051
621
708
742
634
935 1,025 1,155 2,427 10,869
Average
0
219
174
263
155
177
186
159
234
256
289
607
2,717
Combined marketing figures
Total
0
2,529 2,302 2,981 2,180 1,725 2,958 2,247 2,509 4,128 5,479 7,014 36,052
Average
0
201
176
239
164
145
216
169
204
301
385
558
2,758
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