ZIMBABWE can ramp up its tobacco production significantly and achieve the country’s aim of building a US$5 billion industry by 2025, key stakeholders say.
However, and to realise this goal, farmers want a number of challenges that they are facing to be dealt with urgently — including financing, as well as better prices and payment terms for their crop.
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While tobacco output tumbled precipitously in the wake of the country’s chaotic land reforms two decades ago — hitting a low of 48 million kg in 2008, which was a mere 21 percent of the 2000 figure — things have been looking up sinc
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