Rising from the Ashes: Rebuilding Tigray's industrial landscape amidst war's toll
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Rising from the Ashes: Tigray's industrial renaissance amidst war's toll Addis Standard -
Zimbabwe, Africa’s largest tobacco producer, began its annual tobacco-selling season on Wednesday, with officials and farmers projecting a sharp decline in harvests and quality because of a drought blamed on climate change and worsened by the El Niño weather phenomenon. From a record harvest of 296 million kilograms (326,000 tons) last year, the country is estimating that production will fall to about 235 million kilograms (259,000 tons) this season, said Patrick Devenish, chairman of the Tobacco Industry Marketing Board, at the official opening event in the capital, Harare.
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"Most of our tobacco is grown by small-scale farmers. They depend on the rains, and a drought is not good for their crop,"
Farmers in Zimbabwe, Africa's largest tobacco producer, are predicting a sharp decline in harvests and quality because of a drought blamed on climate change.