Tobacco yields for the 2012-13 marketing season are expected to slump by 40% owing to serious damage to the crop by heavy rains in January, the Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union (ZCFU) said this week.
ZCFU president Wonder Chabikwa told businessdigest the heavy rains received in the country in January resulted in heavy leaching which would compromise the quality and quantity of the crop this year.
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