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[Zimbabwe] Tobacco farmers call for decentralisation of auction floors

PLAYERS in tobacco farming in Rusape have intensified their calls for the decentralisation of the crop's auction floors to the town. Concerned parties have since petitioned the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board to grant permits to willing tobacco merc
Manica Post (zw)
added Feb 16, 2013 21:13
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[Zimbabwe] US$784 000 tobacco goes under hammer on first day

Tobacco growers pocketed a collective US$784 000 from the sale of 265 000 kilogrammes of flue cured tobacco on the first day of the 2013 tobacco selling season. The crop was sold on Wednesday
Zimbabwe Herald (zw)
added Feb 15, 2013 11:42
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[Zimbabwe] Tobacco sales rake in US$800 000

The country earned US$783 953 from the sale of 264 589 kilogrammes of tobacco at an average of US$2,96 per kg after the first sale of the 2013 selling season on Wednesday. This was an improvement from the US$633 091 that was received after the sale of 17
Zimbabwe Herald (zw)
added Feb 15, 2013 11:40
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[Zimbabwe] US$784 000 tobacco goes under hammer on first day

Tobacco growers pocketed a collective US$784 000 from the sale of 265 000 kilogrammes of flue cured tobacco on the first day of the 2013 tobacco selling season. The crop was sold on Wednesday at three participating auction floors, Tobacco Sales Floor, Bok
Zimbabwe Herald (zw)
added Feb 14, 2013 21:37
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[Zimbabwe] Nehanda Radio Tobacco farmers swindled in Karoi

Nearly a hundred Hurungwe rural farmers were swindled of a total US$85 000 by a prospective tobacco buying company that promised to sponsor them with inputs.
Nehanda Radio (zw)
added Feb 15, 2013 09:55
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[Zimbabwe] Banks urged to fund tobacco

YOUTH Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment Minister Saviour Kasukuwere has challenged the banking sector to fund agriculture, particularly the tobacco sector, to boost the economy.
Zimbabwe Herald (zw)
added Feb 14, 2013 09:58
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[Zimbabwe] Tobacco farmers urged to stop impulse buying

Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment Minister Cde Saviour Kasukuwere has urged tobacco farmers to take advantage of Government’s indigenisation and empowerment policy to invest in alternative sectors such as mining. Speaking at the official o
Sunday Mail (zw)
added Feb 18, 2013 06:24
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Zimbabwe tobacco continues rebound despite late rains

Zimbabwe expects its tobacco output to jump 21 percent this year to 170,000 tonnes despite erratic rains as thousands of new farmers drive a recovery in a sector crippled by violent land take-overs since the millennium, officials said on Wednesday.
Reuters
added Feb 13, 2013 21:01
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[Zimbabwe] Tobacco feud exposes Zanu PF divisions

Zanu PF Hurungwe East Member of Parliament, Sarah Mahoka has come under fire for defying President Robert Mugabe’s call for community development by calling for tobacco floors to be banned in Karoi.
Zimbabwe Mail (uk)
added Feb 13, 2013 12:02
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[Zimbabwe] Tobacco auctions start

Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment Minister Saviour Kasukuwere is expected to officially open the sales at the Boka Tobacco Auction Floors this morning.
Zimbabwe Herald (zw)
added Feb 13, 2013 11:35
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