Tobacco marketing season opens next month

The government is moving to localise 70 percent of tobacco funding in a bid to increase value addition and support local growers.

THE tobacco industry is bracing for another major marketing cycle, with the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) confirming that growers will receive 70 percent of their earnings in United States dollars and 30 percent in local currency during the 2026 selling season. This comes as growers for the 2025/2026 season planted more than the…

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