Tobacco firm launches $660m farmer scheme

ETHICAL Leaf Tobacco (ELT) last week launched a $660 million tobacco input scheme for smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe. The company says it hopes the scheme, which is entering its fourth year and is said to be the largest indigenous inputs programme, will improve the plight of smallscale farmers who, according to a recent survey, have…

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