Zimbabwe’s flue-cured-tobacco sales season is due to start later this month – a season that plays an important role in the country’s economic cycle.Read More
There could be a competitive advantage in Malawi being one of the first big leaf tobacco producers to switch to other, internationally-traded crops.Read More
As flue-cured tobacco auctions in the Indian state of Karnataka wind down, those in the state of Andhra Pradesh are about to open.Read More
Researchers in Sri Lanka say that tobacco farmers can make their livings in other ways; so they don’t want them called tobacco farmers. How about, farmers who happen to be growing tobacco?Read More
Despite a 5.5 percent drop in Zimbabwe in the area planted to flue-cured tobacco, last season to this season, the Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers’ Union thinks volume will be up by 5.8 percent.Read More
Boosting the tobacco sector is one of the goals of new and proposed policies aimed at attracting business and investment to Zimbabwe, while encouraging exports.Read More
Unhelpful weather in Zimbabwe means that flue-cured tobacco plantings are down by more than five percent this season.Read More
A resurgence of a viral disease in Zimbabwe’s tobacco is being blamed on growers, but those who claim to be overseeing production must surely shoulder some of the blame.Read More
Alliance One International, which yesterday announced a rise in volume sales, is seeking to expand into new, added-value business lines that offer improved margins and good growth potential. Read More
Local observers believe that Indonesia, which grew 70,000 tons of tobacco in 2016, could grow 200,000 tons this year – if the weather is co-operative.Read More
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