LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Zimbabwe sets new tobacco production record

Zimbabwean tobacco farmers have shattered previous production records, harvesting a staggering 306.2 million kilograms of the golden leaf this season - a new all-time high for the country. The achieve...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 hours ago

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe inches closer to 300m kg tobacco milestone

Tobacco farmers in Zimbabwe have demonstrated remarkable resilience and productivity, setting a new national record in tobacco production with sales exceeding 299 million kilograms in the 2024 marketi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 June 2025

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Tobacco season generates US$678 million

Zimbabwe's tobacco industry has generated US$678,3 million since the beginning of the 2025 marketing season on March 5, following the sale of 220,6 million kilogrammes of flue-cured tobacco through bo...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 May 2025

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

China leads in Zimbabwe tobacco imports

CHINA has emerged as the leading importer of Zimbabwean tobacco leaf this marketing season, accounting for 38.8 percent of total exports since sales began in March, data from the Tobacco Industry and ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 May 2025

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Zimbabwe, Philippines forge tobacco pact

Stakeholders in Zimbabwe's tobacco industry have expressed optimism about the ongoing collaboration between the Zimbabwean tobacco sector and the National Tobacco Administration (NTA) of the Philippin...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 May 2025

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Tobacco crop faces new disease threat

Tobacco farmers in Zimbabwe are grappling with a growing challenge as the destructive Fusarium Wilt Disease (FWD), which primarily affects the prized gold leaf, continues to spread across several dist...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 May 2025

Tobacco crop under threat from fungal disease

Zimbabwe's tobacco farmers are facing a major crisis as a destructive fungal disease, Fusarium Wilt and Root Rot (FWRR), spreads across fields, threatening the country's lucrative tobacco industry.Far...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 April 2025

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Tobacco farming expands to Matebeleland South

Zimbabwe's tobacco sector is seeing renewed growth in previously untapped regions, with Matebeleland South emerging as a promising new frontier for the country's second-largest foreign currency earner...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 April 2025

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Zimbabwe-China tobacco expo to be held in third quarter

ZIMBABWE will hold the first Zimbabwe-China tobacco expo in the third quarter of this year to promote the country's tobacco, the country's industry regulatory body, the Tobacco Industry and Marketing ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 April 2025

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

RBZ maintains 50% USD retention for tobacco farmers

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe and the Tobacco Industry Marketing Board have announced payment modalities to tobacco farmers although failing to meet all of the demands, which had been put forward by th...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 March 2020

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Tobacco seed sales decline 20%

TOBACCO seed sales have declined by 20%, with the volumes being the lowest since 2015, a development that could see reduced hectarage of the crop next season, a Zimbabwe Tobacco Association (ZTA) repo...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 September 2019

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Tobacco farmers protest against buyer

THERE was mayhem at Agribank Mvurwi and Voedesel Tobacco Company on Wednesday afternoon after tobacco farmers failed to access their hard-earned money supposedly transferred into their bank accounts b...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 June 2019

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Zimbabwe tobacco sales drop 44%

TOBACCO sales are down 44% at $292,8 million after 53 days of trade, compared to $523,5 million achieved last season, data from the industry regulator Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) shows...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 June 2019

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Innovative tobacco barn unveiled

A LOCAL engineering firm, Mamsen Engineering, has developed an energy-efficient Twin-Turbo tobacco curing barn that is set cut energy bills for tobacco farmers and reduce the impact on the environment...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 June 2019

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Glitter of golden leaf eludes farmers

Since the beginning of the tobacco marketing season on March 20 this year, the disappointment by expectant farmers continues to grow by the day.A toxic cocktail of low prices - despite an arguably qua...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 April 2019

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Zimbabwe tobacco sales moving slowly amid disgruntlement

At least 29.3 million kilograms of tobacco worth about 51.1 million U.S. dollars have been sold so far at auction and contract floors as the marketing season is moving slowly due to pricing concerns b...

By Xinhua | Published: 27 April 2019

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Zimbabwe expects 200 million kg of tobacco

Zimbabwe's tobacco output is expected to decline to 200 million kilogrammes this year owing to unfavourable weather conditions under which the crop was grown, the industry regulator has said. Last yea...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 April 2019

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Tobacco deliveries increase as prices firm

Tobacco deliveries at most auction floors are increasing gradually, with the Government yesterday saying it expected prices to firm after the Easter holidays. The 2019 tobacco marketing season started...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 April 2019

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

US dollar for tobacco, cotton farmers

Tobacco and cotton growers will be paid 20 percent of their produce in foreign currency in the next marketing season while the Government will retain the remainder to help meet imports of essential co...

By Business Weekly | Published: 07 December 2018

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Over 19 000ha tobacco planted

At least 19 265 hectares of land  have so far been put under tobacco during the 2018 /19 summer cropping  season, up from 18 396 hectares that had been planted during the same period last ye...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 December 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Top forex earners to spur Zimbabwe revival

IMPROVED production of the country's two top foreign currency earning commodities, tobacco and gold is likely to be a springboard to the country's economic turnaround.Captains of industry and economis...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 November 2018

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Zimbabwe earns $217m from Virginia tobacco

Zimbabwe has so far earned $216,8 million after exporting 51,3 million kilogrammes of tobacco to 52 countries, a setback of $72,8 million on export earnings realised during the same period last year. ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 26 July 2018

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Tobacco output reaches record high

ZIMBABWE's tobacco output has reached a record high of 237.1 million kg just before the end of the 2018 selling season, statistics from the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) show.This year's...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Agritex, farmers clash over over tobacco stalks

TOBACCO farmers have been urged to take heed of expert advice and destroy tobacco stalks on time in order to safeguard future high yields. In an interview with The Herald recently, an Agritex officer ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Tobacco fails to deliver Zim forex relief

IH Securities says the economy is yet to feel the impact of the tobacco export proceeds despite being over 90 days into the season.In IH Securities outlook for the month released recently, the local f...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 July 2018
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