By the sound of advance publicity, an upcoming report from Human Rights Watch is going to make uncomfortable reading for the tobacco industry.Read More
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The average price paid to Zimbabwe’s growers for flue-cured tobacco during the first day of sales was less than one percent up on that of the opening-day price of the 2017 selling season.Read More
As Zimbabwe's tobacco auctions open this week, growers are said to be upbeat, but the reality is that prices have hardly increased during the past 20 years – though they have fluctuated.Read More
Zimbabwe's flue-cured-tobacco growers harvest a raw deal given that they help underpin the country's economy and some of the huge profits made by tobacco manufacturers.Read More
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
Zimbabwe, usually in the news because of its leaf production, is currently in the news over an issue more usually associated with other countries: the illegal trade in cigarettes.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