Zim could lose millions as tobacco output slows

 

(The Southern Times) Zimbabwe could lose millions of dollars as a result of lower tobacco output which has been triggered by low producer prices and massive power cuts that have threatened irrigated crop in most parts of the country. With thousands of farmers opting for tobacco farming, the crop had become one of the country’s major revenue earners raking in more than $500 million from raw leaf sales and over $700 million from the export of semi processed crop every year.
But the last two seasons have been characterised by low prices that have seen farmers making losses. Continued