Zimbabwe has reached an all-time high in tobacco production as small-scale farmers across the country expand their planting operations.
This increase in production can be attributed to both an increase in quality and a significant boost in crop volume. Small-scale farmers in Zimbabwe have successfully improved their output, achieving higher yields in kilograms per hectare.
Interestingly, even non-traditional tobacco growing regions have joined in this agricultural revolution, taking up tobacco farming in areas that were previously unrelated to the crop.
However, amidst this success, there are some challenges that seem to persist. Small-scale farmers are struggling with high costs of inputs, such as fertilizers and labor, which have significantly increased. Unfortunately, the price of tobacco has remained stagnant, resulting in a narrow profit margin for these small-scale farmers.
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To overcome these difficulties, farmers are calling on banks to be more proactive in lending money to support their operations. Even though banks often express concerns about potential risks, farmers argue that they themselves have taken risks by investing in expanding their operations, and these risks have paid off.
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The key to sustaining this upward trend lies in securing higher prices for tobacco, which would help offset the mounting expenses faced by farmers. Without a price increase, their profitability remains severely limited.
In regards to this, farmers remain hopeful about the future, looking foward to get favorable market conditions that will allow them to continue thriving in the tobacco industry.
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