Zimbabwe Tobacco Grower Profile Shifts

(allAfrica.com) ... The 2011 tobacco selling season failed to meet the projected 170 million kgs of tobacco and the country is still below the peak season of 236 million kgs in 2000 before the height of the land reform programme.
The increase in communal and A1 farmers will result in an increase in the tobacco output, as the country positions itself to produce to its peak period.
But statistics indicate that there is a relatively low figure of large scale commercial farmers in the 2011 season who can guarantee a significant comeback of the tobacco crop to peak levels. Continued