Tobacco joins command agric programme

ACTING President Constantino Chiwenga says tobacco will now be included in the command agriculture programme from the start of the upcoming season.

Officiating at the launch of the 2018 tobacco marketing season in Harare yesterday, Chiwenga assured farmers that government would support tobacco farming in order to boost economic development due to its foreign currency generation.

“I am elated to report that government has extended the tobacco contract model to the same category of the maize production programme, commonly known as command agriculture, which has recently been extended to cover wheat, soya beans, livestock, fisheries and wildlife production.

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