A partnership that aims to produce Chinese-style cigarettes in Zimbabwe makes sense on many levels.Read More
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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
Early tobacco plantings in Zimbabwe are down on those of last season as farmers keep a weather eye out for rain.Read More
Faced with the prospect of falling demand for flue-cured tobacco, Zimbabwe's farmers are being encouraged to grow other crops.Read More
A financial incentive scheme in Zimbabwe is behind a big increase in farmers registering to grow flue-cured tobacco in 2018-19.Read More
Zimbabwe is rightly celebrating growing a record flue-cured tobacco crop, but it needs to get to grips with sorting out a consequent deforestation crisis.Read More
Zimbabwe's leaf tobacco growers are being advised on managing the pests that can ultimately affect what they earn. Read More
As with many of the questions raised in respect of tobacco cultivation, that posed below about tobacco poisoning should be answered in part by demanding that growers are paid more.Read More
Oh, for a time machine! If Zimbabwe's growers could have gone back to 1996, they could have sold their tobacco for more than they were paid for it in 2018.Read More
