HIPPO Valley Estates Limited has brought on board new sugarcane farmers for its 4 000-hectare Kilimanjaro Empowerment Block project in Chiredzi.Advertisements In its latest financial statement on Tuesday, Hippo Valley chairperson Canaan Dube confirmed that 41 new farmers have been engaged, and they have already planted 682 hectares of sugarcane. “Following the government’s allocation of…
Hippo Valley engages new sugarcane farmers
According to the group, costs are predominantly driven by an exorbitantly high minimum wage, an uncompetitive cost of cane under the Cane Purchase Agreement (CPA), and the division of proceeds (DoP) under the Cane Milling Agreement (CMA).