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Zimbabwe seeks to increase tobacco yields

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Zimbabwe wants to increase tobacco production by improving yields and reducing post-harvest losses rather than expanding cultivated areas. Agriculture Minister Anxious Masuka outlined this approach in Victoria Falls at the congress of the Cooperation Centre for Scientific Research Relative to Tobacco.

Zimbabwe wants to increase tobacco production by improving yields and reducing post-harvest losses rather than expanding cultivated areas, Agriculture Minister Anxious Masuka said, according to the Daily News.

Masuka was speaking on the sidelines of the 70th CORESTA Congress, the Cooperation Centre for Scientific Research Relative to Tobacco, held in Victoria Falls. As the Daily News article is subscriber-only, the published information does not allow for further detail about his remarks.

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