Zimbabwe Lemon leaf disappearing

摘要

Why has Zimbabwean flue-cured fallen so far in the estimation of leaf buyers around the world? rnA white farmer, one of the few left, said in an interview that the volume of top quality lemon tobacco that once brought buyers here has drastically declined. rn"Flavor tobacco is in short supply," Mike Hinde told the IWPR news service. "[And] the longer we decline, the more we will be taken out of the flavor formula [by cigarette manufacturers]." rnA lack of government support and continuing power shortages have contributed significantly to the decline of flue-cured production in Zimbabwe.