Tobacco farmers in the county are a frustrated lot after some of their key buyers withdrew from the market.
Tobacco and sugarcane are the major cash-crops in the region and a main source of income for most families.
Some of the cigarette companies that had been buying the crop have left and prices for farmers remain uncompetitive.
Edna Mohabe has had to uproot the crop from her two-acre farm and resort to farming maize for subsistence.
“For more than a year, I have held on to the hope that things might get better. I thought another company might venture in or the existing might one upgrade their operations and buy our crop even at a lower rate,” she said.
She echoed the sentiments of over 15,000 tobacco farmers in the region struggling to make ends meet over what could be termed as the collapse of the tobacco sector. Read More>
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