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$600m Ethanol Plant Under Construction
The project is a joint venture between the government and Arda and its investment partners, Rating Investment Ltd and Macdom Investments Ltd.
The project using sugar cane grown in Chisumbanje and Middle Sabi as a feedstock, is a 10 year commitment for the companies, but according to a report in the Zimbabwe Herald is will eventually produce 80 pere cnet of the country's ethanol needs.
More than 50,000 hectares of sugar cane are to be planted and Arda acting board chairman, Basil Nyabadza, told the Herald Middle Sabi and Chisumba-nje will become the biggest sugarcane-producing areas in Zimbabwe.
"Farmers in the area will have to grow sugarcane only and we are looking at engaging 30 000 upland farmers to grow maize under contract to supply farmers in this area," he said.
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