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THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has issued the minimum input package for contractors under the Contractors’ Compliance Administration Framework (CCAF).
This comes as preparations for the 2025/26 tobacco season advance.
The CCAF protects tobacco growers by setting a minimum input land pack that every contractor must meet for a contract to be valid.
“The tobacco land pack must include: basal fertiliser (NPK) – 300 kilogrammes, top dressing AN/CAN – 100kg, insecticide one unit, suckericide (one unit) and 2kg kg of T2 twine.
“The farmer must also get 20 pairs of tobacco paper and hessian and 500 kg of coal or equivalent in sustainable wood supplied by the contractor,” said TIMB in a statement.
According to the TIMB, herbicide can be given at the contractor’s discretion.
The board urged farmers to familiarise themselves with their rights and entitlements as outlined in their contracts.
TIMB encouraged farmers who do not receive a full package to report to their offices.
Peter Tanyanyiwa