Tobacco attracting new growers in Zimbabwe

Sixteen thousand four hundred farmers registered with Zimbabwe’s Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) to grow tobacco for the first time during the 2014/ 15 season, according to a story in The Herald quoting TIMB figures.

This influx of new growers meant that, by January 2, 87,852 farmers had registered to grow tobacco, up from 86,006 the previous year.

Zimbabwe expects to produce about 220 million kg of tobacco during the current season.