‘Better funding key to tobacco output’

TIMB said the industry's future depends on growers treating farming as a commercial business rather than relying solely on tobac­co.

ACCESS to affordable funding is critical to sustaining record production, as high borrowing costs and low profits continue to weigh down farmers, tobacco growers have said. The remarks come ahead of the sector’s marketing season, which opens next Wednesday. Tobacco Growers Association chairman Bright Bvukumbwe said improved funding arrangements largely drove last season’s record output.Advertisements…

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