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Tobacco firms urged to plant trees 

Acting Chief Makoni has urged tobacco companies contracting farmers in his area to engage in tree planting activities or risk being banned from operating in the area.

He was speaking during a tree planting ceremony organised by the Mashonaland Tobacco Company at Bamba Growth Point, Chinyika Resettlement Area, last week.

The company gave the 300 farmers it contracted 8 000 gum tree seedlings to plant, as efforts to replenish destroyed forests intensified in the area.

Traditional leaders had protested against tobacco companies and growers and even threatened to ban them from the area after the wanton destruction of forests to get firewood for curing their tobacco.

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