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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Tobacco farmers have demanded that the reafforestation programme should be expedited amid indications that only 4 500 hectares of gum trees have been planted since collection of the levy started in 2015.<\/p>\n

The current sluggish reforestation efforts may make Zimbabwe\u2019s tobacco less appealing on global markets that now favour products produced using sustainable methods.<\/p>\n

As reported by The Herald<\/b>, Zimbabwe Tobacco Association (ZTA) chief executive officer Rodney Ambrose said currently, 70 per cent of the tobacco produced in the country is cured using wood. He said:<\/p>\n

It\u2019s now almost 10 years since TIMB started collecting an afforestation tax of 0.75 per cent from growers with over US$40 million collected and very few afforestation programmes taking place.<\/p>\n

Afforestation programmes are critical to the sustainability of Zimbabwe\u2019s tobacco production and markets, as close to 70 per cent of the crop is cured using wood.<\/p>\n

In the 2015 national budget, the Government re-introduced the tobacco levy on tobacco growers at a rate of US$0.015 per dollar of the selling price.<\/p>\n

The funds generated from the levy are meant for financing re-forestation activities.<\/p>\n

In the 2016 national budget, the tobacco levy was slashed by half to 0.75 per cent due to El Nino and has remained on that level until now.<\/p>\n

Calculation of statistics from TIMB shows that over US$46 million has been collected since 2015.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. Tobacco farmers have demanded that the reafforestation programme should be expedited amid indications that only 4 500 hectares of gum trees have been planted since collection of the levy started in 2015. 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