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Zimbabwe set to breach half a billion US dollars revenue from tobacco sales – VIDEO

Buyers and sellers gather on the trading floor in Zimbabwe’s capital to bid on bales of dried tobacco leaves as the marketing season kicks off. According to the industry regulator, the country is on track to produce 200,000 tonnes of tobacco this year, up from 184,000 in 2020.

WATCH: Acting President Chiwenga opening the 2018 tobacco selling season

Houses and tobacco destroyed by hail in Selous – VIDEO

Hillarious “We grow tobacco and Chinese smoke it” – Mugabe

Angry woman protests low tobacco price at one of the auction floors in Harare.

Tobacco farmers in Zimbabwe are a depressed lot. After investing a lot of money in the crop ahead of what initially seemed like a fruit full season, prices have nose plunged by over 70% in some cases, exposing many small scale farmers to heavy losses.

Once called the breadbasket of Africa Zimbabwe thrived in food production. But years of economic struggle have forced many farmers to turn to tobacco production to make ends meet