Let’s reimagine the tobacco value chain

In a statement released at the weekend, the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) said more tobacco had been sold this season than last year, but the total market value is lower.

Advertisements THE government’s swift acknowledgement of growers’ frustrations over subdued tobacco auction prices is both welcome and worth noting.Advertisements For a crop that remains Zimbabwe’s largest agricultural export earner, sustaining hundreds of thousands of rural households, weak prices strike at the heart of livelihoods, confidence and broader economic stability. Agriculture Minister Anxious Masuka deserves credit…

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