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BY STEPHEN CHADENGA A GWERU-BASED company Mansach Gases yesterday donated food items and other goods to victims of flash floods at Mtapa and Shumba halls evacuation centres. Residents affected by the flash floods that hit the city in the past weeks were moved to various centres established in the Midlands capital after their houses were filled with water. Mansach Gases donated items such as sugar, cooking oil, mealie-meal, salt and kapenta among other items. The company’s managing director, Salimu Mbwana said it was important for the corporate world to assist people affected by the flash floods. “It is now more than two weeks since these families moved from their homes,” Mbwana said. “Some of us might have already forgotten about them but it’s critical that we become each other’s keepers especially in times of need.” He said the company was looking into ways to provide gas to the affected families. Gweru United Progressive Residents and Ratepayers Development Trust (GUPRRDT) sourced the donations on behalf of the victims. GUPRRDT housing portfolio committee member, Maisiri Zindoga appealed to other well-wishers to chip in to support the affected residents. Councillor for ward 6, Godfrey Giwa commended Mansach Gases for the donation saying it would help the distressed families. “This is a timeous donation which comes at a time victims of flash floods lost their property and food items in the past weeks,” he said. Incessant rains that pounded Gweru in recent weeks, coupled with poor drainage systems left many residents particularly in low-lying areas affected by flash floods.
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Aromatic oil extracts for perfumes from Egypt's Gharbiya region make up over half the global supply.
Egypt and India are the leading producers of jasmine extract, making up around 95 percent of supply, according to the International Federation of Essential Oils and Aroma Trades (IFEAT).
Egyptian farmers have long complained that the low production costs of their big rival India drive their prices down.
Around 70 percent of the region's floral production is handled by the Fakhry essential oils factory
\"There are some competitors to Egypt (in Jasmine production) such as India and Tunisia, that's why we are trying to produce the best quality we have,\" said Badr Atef ,a manager at the Fakhry essential oils factory.
Jasmine trade is estimated to pull in some $6.5 million annually for Egypt, providing income to around 50,000 people.
The scent of flowers is intense.
According to Atef, factory owner Ahmed Fakhry was inspired to farm jasmine when, as a young student in the 1960s, he visited the town of Grasse, the birthplace of French perfumes, on the Cote d'Azur.
Returning to Egypt, Fakhry introduced his new perfume knowledge and set up commercial jasmine farming and processing.
\"Now 20 tonnes of jasmine flowers are picked daily \" in Egypt, Atef said, estimating that some 400 hectares (1,000 acres) of the scented plant are farmed in the Gharbiya region.
From all those flowers, some five tonnes of dense jasmine paste is finally produced each year.
But the economic impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic has been harder still, with demand dropping sharply, farmers said.
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