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Edgar Vhera Agriculture Specialist Writer THE rains currently hitting most parts of the country have triggered a planting frenzy among tobacco farmers with the industry still entertaining hopes of meeting the 2023/24 national target of 148 500 hectares or even surpass it following the early season drought that had paralysed all farming activities. Statistics released by […]

Edgar Vhera Agriculture Specialist Writer THE GOVERNMENT’S decision to review the tobacco seedlings destruction deadline from December 31 to January 15 next year will give farmers sufficient time to complete planting their crop buoyed by the rains being received across the country, stakeholders have observed. This follows the Government’s recent issuance of a statement in which […]

Edgar Vhera Agriculture Specialist Writer THE country’s 2025 goal of transforming the tobacco value chain into a US$5 billion industry remains a pipe dream if urgent steps are not taken now to operationalise the tobacco value chain transformation plan. A local agriculture think-tank who requested anonymity singled out the lethargy in instituting the necessary measures […]

Grace Mahora Herald Reporter The 2022 auction flue cured tobacco marketing season is closing next week, the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board(TIMB) has announced. However, sales at the contract floors will continue. In a statement, TIMB said the season will close on July 20 with final deliveries accepted on July 19. “All growers who sell […]

Precious Manomano Herald Reporter Tobacco deliveries to the auction floors have increased with growers earning a cumulative of US$228 million from the sale of 77 million kg as of last week, according to the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board statistics (TIMB). This comes as 95 percent of the crop is expected to be sold through […]

Elliot Ziwira Senior Writer  The private sector should come up with initiatives to enhance productivity on farms to complement the Government’s efforts towards improving agricultural performance in the tobacco sub-sector, Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development Deputy Minister, Vangelis Peter Haritatos, has said. Deputy Minister Haritatos said growth in tobacco output was in line […]

Tobacco sales have raked in US$404 million as stakeholders in the industry work on reviewing Covid-19 regulations to curb the spread of the pandemic.

ZIMBABWE’s tobacco export earnings have risen 13 percent to $380,6 million from $334,8 million, but the average price has since come off marginally.

Herald Reporters— Tobacco exports are expected to reach nearly $1 billion during the 2017 season, the tobacco industry has said.

Tawanda Musarurwa and Kudakwashe Mhundwa The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is seeking a $500 million facility to cover the foreign currency gap that will widen when the 2017 tobacco marketing season closes.

Yvonne Mutava There is a 21 percent increase in the number of growers who sold their tobacco this marketing season compared to the 2016 season. A total of 95 829 growers sold their tobacco this marketing season compared to 74 575 last season.

Livingstone Marufu TOBACCO earnings have gone past $506 million from the 171,79 million kilogrammes that have been delivered 75 days into the 2017 marketing season.

Buhle Nkomo Correspondent The interest in farming by young Zimbabweans has steadily grown over the years. Many have seen it as a viable means to make an honest living and support themselves and their families.

The Government is not funding agriculture research, a situation that is affecting acquisition of new knowledge on crops and livestock, Parliament heard on Tuesday.

Sydney Kawadza Senior Features Writer The Chinese must be a happy lot. Guided by one of their proverbs, it can be concluded that with their assistance cutting across the whole world they are indeed a happy nation.