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S U N D A Y, M A Y 3 , 2 0 0 9 Corporat e ident it y Energy - GRZ Considers Setting up Biofuel Project

LUSAKA - Government is considering setting up a multi-million Kwacha biofuel cultivation project with a Canadian company - Bedford Biofuel. List en t o Flavafm 87.7MHz Plays with WinAmp, Real Player Bedford Biofuel of Canada or itunes...Click here has declared interest in investing in jathropa Subscribe via email cultivation in , a project which Government hopes will bring in foreign exchange Enter your email address: and make Zambia an exporter of biofuel.

Speaking during a meeting with Mr Mutati in yesterday, Bedford president and chief executive officer, David Mcclure, Subscribe said if land was provided, the company would immediately go Delivered by FeedBurner into cultivation and create jobs for thousands of people.

“If we get land in the next six months, we will plant faster than anyone else. If we plant on 150,000 hectares of land, we will give jobs to everyone in need,” Mr Mcclure said.

He said theirs is a consortium of business partners and if given land in Zambia, Bedford Biofuels will bring in other partners that Subscribe To will be interested in the long-term benefit of the project. Posts Mr Mcclure said once they start harvesting, Bedford Biofuels is capable of producing a million litres of diesel in a day. He said Comments the project would not only create employment, but food security too, as jathropa fields are suitable for animal rearing. Read T hese Books

Mr Mutati was hopeful that if given a go-ahead, Bedford Fuels Letter to my Children - would be able to implement the project with the speed they Kenneth Kaunda, President of have articulated. The minister expects the project to create Zambia 1973 jobs, conserve foreign exchange and make Zambia an exporter of fuel. Blog Archive ▼ 2009 (85) Bedford Biofuels is asking for 100,000 hectares of land, but the ► August (2) minister said once identified, the community or traditional rulers would retain ownership of the land. ► June (5) ▼ May (67) The investor would only use the land for cultivation purposes. Kasaba Bay to become an Posted by Flavafm at 9:12 AM ICC this year Zambia to join one Network this August No comments: APRM website in Zambia Comesa Custom Union Set Post a Comment for June 7 ZIBAC Resolutions ZIBAC Resolutions Enter your comment... Support a Zambian filmmaker RB Sets Up Oil Exploration Committee Transport Minister Returns Gift After Controversy Provide Annuals Reports on Comment as: LUSE Website Says Analy...

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