Zimbabwe Tobacco Industry to Climb to About 63,733 Farmers, Herald Reports

(Bloomberg) About 63,733 farmers may grow tobacco during Zimbabwe’s 2011-2012 farming season from about 53,065 this year, the state-controlled Herald said, citing a statement from the government’s Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board.
Most of the new growers of the leaves will farm on small- scale plots, the Harare-based Herald said. Continued