ZIMBABWE TOBACCO OUTPUT BOUNCES BACK AFTER A DECADE OF DECLINE; BUT CAN GROWTH BE SUSTAINED?
August 1st, 2011
BY CLEMENCE MANYUKWE
Zimbabwe tobacco output is bouncing back after a decade of decline; but can the country sustain growth in the industry?
After nearly ten years of plummeting production due to controversial agrarian reforms by Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, the African country's tobacco output has finally surpassed the 100 million-kilogram mark for the second year running.
ZIMBABWE'S tobacco output has surpassed the 100 million-kilogram mark for the second year in a row, after nearly a decade of plummeting production.
Ever since the African country's ...
Full access to this article can be arranged with permission from the client that first ordered it. Please contact us to request access. Entries are uploaded to our archive at least one year after being published by a client – free access is restricted to International News Services journalists for background research only. The article date indicates when copy was filed to a client, not when posted to this archive. Upon client requests, International News Services will remove such articles from the archive or not upload them in the first place. They are included to demonstrate the breadth of topics undertaken by the agency and also to help promote clients’ coverage.