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Desperate for hard cash which government has dismally failed to address, tobacco farmers have fallen prey to a syndicate of side marketers who pay cash albeit low for their golden leaf which they re-sell at auction floors in connivance with buyers. By Tendai Guvamombe Information gathered by

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False Start To 2017 Tobacco Marketing Season

March 15, 2017

author: Lovejoy Mutongwiza

Farmers who delivered their tobacco ahead of the season opening ceremony at Boka Auction Floors on Wednesday were left doubting the efficiency of the much hyped e-marketing system after it failed to work, periodically malfunctioning and delaying the marketing process much to the disappointment of