Zimbabwe: Mvurwi Town seeks investors in tobacco value addition

Published Mar 6, 2023

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Mvurwi Town, located in Mashonaland Central Province, is planning to expand and seek investors to add value to tobacco and other crops as anticipate a bumper harvest this season. The town, which has seven auction floors including the largest, Tobacco Sales Floor (TSF), is undergoing an expansion project that includes more land for stands for civil servants and low-income earners, as well as revamping its water system and sewer ponds. The town also aims to become a municipality and take over water supply control from Zinwa.

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Mvurwi Town, which serves one of the leading tobacco growing areas in Mashonaland Central Province, is eyeing investors who are keen to add value to the crop. This season, farmers around the town are anticipating a bumper harvest on the back of good rains during the 2022/2023 agriculture season. The town which houses tobacco auction floors has embarked on a massive expansion drive, with new layout plans opening more land for thousands of stands, which will benefit civil servants and low income earners. In an interview, Mvurwi Town clerk Mrs Shelly Nyakudya said they were eyeing investors who can add value to tobacco and other crops as the town expands its industrial area. Following the decentralisation of auctions floors, Mvurwi now has seven auction floors including one of the biggest, Tobacco Sales Floor (TSF). "Mvurwi is a farming town and tobacco, maize and soya beans are the main crops. We are expecting a bumper harvest following a good 2022/2023 agriculture season," said Mrs ...

Source: All Africa