Sales of Zimbabwe's 2019 flue-cured tobacco crops are due to start next week. Ominously for growers, there seems to have been little talk about prices.Read More
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The latest reports from Zimbabwe seem to leave up in the air the question of whether tobacco growers are happy with payment arrangements for the 2019 marketing season.Read More
Zimbabwe is trying to negotiate the tricky question of how to pay tobacco growers so that the country can earn the maximum net foreign currency from this vital crop.Read More
Zimbabwe's flue-cured tobacco production is unlikely to reflect the 46 percent increase in grower registrations, and that is probably a good thing.Read More
It's something of a vicious circle. Zimbabwe needs foreign currency so that it can indulge in those economic activities that earn foreign currency.Read More
The late arrival of rain in Zimbabwe will be reflected in the start date of the country’s flue-cured tobacco marketing season.Read More
Given a fair wind, Zimbabwe could deliver to market another record crop of flue-cured tobacco in 2019.Read More
A partnership that aims to produce Chinese-style cigarettes in Zimbabwe makes sense on many levels.Read More
A massive increase in the number of farmers registering to grow flue-cured tobacco in Zimbabwe is at least partly due to changes to the way that leaf payments are made.Read More
While aspects of this story seem questionable, the principle is not. With leaf prices held down for 20 years, the only way to make money out of tobacco is to be a manufacturer.Read More