A TOP tobacco seed producer, Zimbabwe Tobacco Seed Association (ZTSA), has quit production and is closing shop after it failed to secure parent seed, amid fears this will affect the billion-dollar ...

Big Tobacco’s Big Decline After more than four centuries of ubiquity and profits, North Carolina’s tobacco production bottomed out in 2020 to a level not seen in nearly 100 years.

TOBACCO industry stakeholders have raised alarm over an influx of cheap, low-quality seeds allegedly smuggled from Zambia. A ...

Tobacco takes a lot of time and energy to grow. It is a very labor-intensive crop. The growing season starts in February or March when tiny tobacco seeds are planted in a seedbed.

While production plunged to as low as 99.2 million pounds in 2008, it recovered to 451.9 million pounds this year and is forecast to match the record crop in 2015.

“Tobacco products like cigarettes and smokeless tobacco such as jorda and gul pose serious risks to public health. Although high duties are already in place on their imports, the current 0% customs ...