Bid to Boost Jatropha Planting
ZIMBABWE - The National Oil Company of Zimbabwe (Noczim) has called for contracts with farmers interested in growing jatropha this year to boost the production of biodiesel.

Warning over Food v. Fuel
ZIMBABWE - Developing biofuel has to be carried out with care in order not to threaten food security, according to an opinion article from the Zimbabwe government in The Herald.

Zimbabwe's Land Reforms Boost Production
HARARE - The looming global food crisis appears to vindicate the Government's conviction that food security is best guaranteed when ownership of the means of production is in the hands...

Noczim urges farmers to grow jatropha
ZIMBABWE - The National Oil Company of Zimbabwe has urged farmers to participate in the State enterprise’s jatropha outgrower scheme during the 2007/8 agriculture season to boost oil...

Zimbabwe banks on jatropha for biofuel
ZIMBABWE - Zimbabwe is aiming to construct biofuel plants in all of its 10 provinces by 2010, the Minister of Science and Technology Development, Dr. Olivia Muchena, told local reporters...

New Bio-Diesel Plant - a Case of 'Celebrating a Still Birth'
ZIMBABWE - As you drive along old Mazowe Road, northwest out of Harare, your attention is drawn to a large, colourful billboard: it announces the existence of a new bio-diesel plant,...

Zimbabwe Government reports on First Biodiesel Plant
ZIMBABWE - The commissioning of Zimbabwe's first biodiesel plant is a major milestone in the country's efforts to harness available energy resources and promoting the use of renewable...