Matabeleland targets 2 million kg tobacco output

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

TOBACCO farmers in Matabeleland are targeting to produce two million kilogrammes of the golden leaf during the 2026/27 summer cropping season. This comes amid growing interest in tobacco production across Matabeleland, with hundreds of small-scale farmers taking up the crop under the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board’s (TIMB) natural cured tobacco programme. Speaking to journalists…

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