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Tobacco productivity up 

Jump to full article: The Citizen (tz), 2010-07-20
Author: The Citizen Correspondent

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Tobacco output per hectare rose from 600 kilos in 2000 to 1.3 tonnes last year, says a crop processing company.

“The growth has resulted in an increase in incomes for growers per hectare to Sh3.2 million from Sh934,500 in 2003,” Alliance One Tobacco Tanzania Ltd (AOTTL) managing director Graham Kayes said in a statement recently.

According to him, the productivity rose because farming had been modernised.

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