Cigar wrapper farmers explore international market

SMALLHOLDER farmers in Burma Valley in Manicaland province continue to embrace cigar wrapper tobacco farming after identifying a potentially lucrative international market.

Speaking at a Cigar Tobacco Wrapper field day at Mapote farm owned by Lindsay Guild in Burma Valley last Thursday, the host farmer said most farmers in Burma Valley were producing strains used to make cigar wrappers, which fetch good prices on the market. The product can fetch a price as high as US$7 per kg.

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