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Zera boss grilled over ‘favourable’ Rautenbach’s Green Fuel ethanol price – January 23, 2018 LEGISLATORS yesterday grilled Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) chief executive officer Gloria Magombo over the price of Billy Rautenberg’s Green Fuel ethanol, which is 11 cents more expensive than the ethanol being produced by Triangle Limited. BY VENERANDA LANGA The ethanol pricing …

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300 000 families to get food aid January 23, 2018 Local News Minister Kagonye Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture ReporterGovernment has enough food stocks and will cater for the 300 000 households that require food assistance, a Cabinet Minister has said. Labour and Social Welfare Minister Petronella Kagonye yesterday told The Herald that owing to the bumper harvest last …

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Govt reduces duty on fuel January 23, 2018 Headlines, Top Stories Mr Manungo Farirai Machivenyika Senior ReporterGovernment yesterday reduced excise duty on fuel, in a move expected to result in a decline in prices of basic goods, as high production cost structures were being partly attributed to high fuel prices. The reduction, which took effect from midnight, followed …

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Environmental discourse requires legal take-off – January 22, 2018 The concept of climate change has been articulated from a scientific perspective, communication front and from an evangelical/ecumenical angle, with little discussion of the legal elements. A legal perspective is needed, not just for advocacy and lobbying, but for taking punitive action on those who violate the …

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ARDA to revive Kondozi Estates January 22, 2018 MANICALAND & MASH EAST Ray Bande Mutare BureauTHE Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (ARDA) will soon move in to revive Kondozi Estates, which is lying in a derelict state, ARDA board chairman, Mr Basil Nyabadza has said. Addressing a meeting held in Mutare on Friday, Mr Nyabadza revealed that …

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Rains bring relief to farmers January 22, 2018 MASH WEST & MASH CENTRAL Conrad Mupesa in MhanguraFarmers in Makonde and Hurungwe districts have expressed relief after the areas received some rains following weeks of scorching heat that was threatening their crops. The farmers took advantage of the rains to apply top dressing fertilisers to their crops. In …

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SA wine industry faces tough year January 22, 2018 Business Cape Town. — This year is the most challenging the South African wine industry has ever faced, according to Francois Viljoen, head of viticulture and soil science at VinPro. Viljoen expects 2018 will bring one of the smallest crops in more than a decade, mainly due …

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385 000 benefit from cotton inputs January 22, 2018 Business Business ReporterABOUT 385 000 small scale farmers have benefited from free cotton inputs under the Presidential Input Scheme as the number of the beneficiaries doubled from last season. Last year, The Cotton Company of Zimbabwe-which is administering the programme-distributed inputs to about 155 000 cotton growers, …

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