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Serengeti tobacco farmers to get 1.6bn/-  

Over 1,500 farmers in Serengeti district are expected to get 1.6bn/- from tobacco this season. Serengeti District Commissioner, Mr Edward ole Lenga, said yesterday that farmers in the district expect to harvest around 800 tonnes of tobacco.

Alliance One Tanzanian Ltd company is buying the cash crop through its branch office based in Mugumu town. " There is a big turn up of farmers selling tobacco to the Alliance One Tanzania and they are happy with the deal", said Mr Kolimba, refuting recent media reports which alleged that some tobacco growers were reluctant to sell their crop to that company.

He described the report as misleading, calling farmers to continue co-operating with the Morogoro-based tobacco firm, in developing tobacco growing in the district. He warned farmers against smuggling tobacco to the neighbouring Kenya via 'panya' routes, saying that those who would be caught doing so will be taken to task.

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