The government of Tanzania has promised to ensure that all 12,000 tons of tobacco currently in the hands of farmers will be purchased, according to a local news report.
Tobacco merchants stopped buying leaf after being fined THS11 billion ($4.78 million) by the Fair Competition Commission.
Deputy Minister for Agriculture Hussein Bashe told the National Assembly on Wednesday that the crisis had been solved.
“The crisis which caused them to stop buying the cash crop is now over, and all the remaining tobacco will be bought,” said Bashe.
Tobacco is Tanzania’s second-largest export earner after cashew nuts.