Two traditional South African tobacco farms in Limpopo are undergoing significant transformations in becoming sustainable blueberry producing farm businesses under United Export’s premium OZblu brand.

Malawi is set to become the latest African country to legalize marijuana farming in a bid to boost its economy.

Scientists in the US have engineered tobacco plants that can grow up to 40% larger than normal in field trials.

Smoking isn’t just harmful to human health, it’s also damaging the planet. That’s the key message of a new report commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO) into the environmental costs of tobacco production.

South Africa is said to be at crossroads – for lack of a better expression. This is due to the recently voted Constitutional Review Committee‘s report in parliament on the constitutional amendment for expropriation of land without compensation – a motion adopted in February and voted in December 2018.

The yield of many staple crops could be boosted by 40 percent by a new process that adjusts the way they turn sunlight into energy, potentially feeding hundreds of millions of more people, American researchers said on Thursday.

SA is at risk of losing its tobacco-growing industry following a decision by British American Tobacco Southern Africa (Batsa) to notify the country’s only tobacco processor, Rustenburg-based Limpopo Tobacco Processors (LTP), that it may have to consider buying foreign tobacco should the illicit industry gain further traction.

A new organisation has been formed to help black farmers in the tobacco industry become competitive and have  one voice when speaking with government.

The recently launched Black Tobacco Farmers Association (BTFA) on Monday called for the government to keep excise taxes at their current level as Finance Minister Tito Mboweni will table his maiden budget this week.

Zimbabwe prepares for the opening of the 2019 Tobacco Marketing season set to start on the 21st of March, the local market is hyped up in anticipation. In 2018, Zimbabwe produced an all-time high of 252.6 million kgs of leaf tobacco and raked $892 million from exports of 184 million kgs of the commodity to the world market.

Out in the wild, it's often every creature for itself—even plants. Left to their own devices, most wild species of plants only create enough energy to put down roots and produce leaves and seeds. But humans wanted more.

A sudden drop in the price of tobacco could not have come at a worse time for Zimbabwe. Halfway through the selling season, the price is about 37% lower than last year — at a time when, on its current trajectory, inflation could hit 100% by year-end.

Altria Group Inc., the U.S. maker of Marlboro cigarettes, made a $1.8 billion investment in Cronos Group Inc. on Friday amid pressure to find new growth avenues as U.S. smoking rates decline.

Tobacco farmers in South Africa face an enormous cash flow problem.

early 300 000 jobs are at risk if government continues with its ban on cigarette sales during the Covid-19 lockdown, according to the South Africa Tobacco Transformation Alliance (SATTA).

Saai het vandag tabakboere se belange verteenwoordig in die saak van British American Tobacco South Africa (BATSA) en nege ander partye teen die Minister van Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake, dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, en twee ander partye in die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof.

In recent years, anti-tobacco lobbyists globally are gaining ground in their bid to drive the golden leaf from the face of the earth.

Zimbabwe is ranked in the top 20 countries in the world most affected by extreme weather between 2000 and 2019.

The Southern Africa session began with four presentations, highlighting key regional concerns.

Zimbabwe is the largest tobacco producer in Africa and in 2018, the crop accounted for about 10% of the country’s gross domestic product.