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Zimbabwe’s cattle breeders face tough choices as pasture vanishes   http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/zimbabwes-cattle-breeders-face-tough-choices-as-pasture-vanishes/ 20 May 2012 23:15 Source: Alertnet // Madalitso Mwando In this 2002 file photo, cattle graze in a failed maize field in the Gwanda south area 220 kilometers southeast of Bulawayo. REUTERS/Howard Burditt By Madalitso Mwando FILABUSI, Zimbabwe (AlertNet) – Lorraine Mabuza stands outside …

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It never rains but it pours for Zimbabwe http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk The country’s maize harvest is estimated to drop by 26% to 1 million tonnes after an estimated 45% of the crop that was planted this season was written off due to drought, the African Development Bank (ADB) has said.20.05.1201:39pmby Rebecca Moyo As if that is not all, the …

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Ministers haggle over ethanol project http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 20 May 2012 11:34 BY KUDZAI CHIMHANGWATWO Cabinet ministers have questioned the manner in which the ethanol project in Chisumbanje in Chipinge was started in a new twist to the US$600 million venture. This comes as the promoters have been at the doors of the ministry of Energy and Power Development …

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Econet’s Masiyiwa to address G8 leaders http://www.thezimbabwemail.com By Staff Reporter 18/05/2012 21:12:00 EXILED Zimbabwean businessman, ECONET Wireless founder and chairman Strive Masiyiwa will on Saturday address leaders of the world’s eight largest economies on food security in Africa. The G8 summit, being held at Camp David – the US presidential retreat in Maryland – started on Friday with …

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Candid Comment:Green Fuel: Ministers’ ‘ignorance’ of project shocking http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Friday, 18 May 2012 09:03 Itai Masuku GREEN Fuel has dominated newspaper headlines over the past few weeks, but not for reasons that are unlikely to turn anyone green with envy. In fact, it is a classical case of why Africa continues to be backward. Only yesterday, we …

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Policy failures render Zim a basket case http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:58 Herbert Moyo ZIMBABWE’S growing reliance on food imports, particularly from regional countries such as Zambia and Malawi, is testimony to the country’s general regression over the years blamed on the government’s policy failures by players within the agricultural sector, the mainstay of the economy.The country …

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Farmers blast Made, Biti http://www.newzimbabwe.com 14/05/2012 00:00:00 by Staff Reporter FARMERS have accused Agriculture Minister Joseph Made and his finance counterpart Tendai Biti of making false promises to save their jobs, claiming they have yet to receive a cent of the US$20 million funding the ministers promised. The farmers spoke as the May 15 deadline for planting wheat …

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Zimbabwe Tells Green Fuel to Export Millions of Stuck Ethanol http://www.voanews.com 14 May 2012 Gibbs Dube | Washington A cabinet minister says Green Fuel (Pvt) Limited, stuck with 10 million liters of ethanol, should consider exporting its product as Zimbabwe is not yet ready to pass a law compelling motorists to use fuel blended with the locally produced …

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Villagers exchange livestock for food http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Saturday, 12 May 2012 17:55 BY LESLEY WURAYAYILOWER GWERU — Most villagers who do not have a source of income in Midlands province have resorted to barter trade; exchanging grain and other household provisions for groceries to survive hardships currently bedevilling most rural communities in the country.Nomaqwa Sibindi from Lower Gweru in …

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