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Tobacco farming on the rise in Zimbabwe

(2 May 2011)
AP Television
Mount Darwin, 8 April 2011
1. Wide pan of rural homestead
2. Tilt down from thatched roof to farmers grading tobacco
3. Wide of farmer Rangarirai Musanhi and his wife Violet grading tobacco
4. Close of hand picking up tobacco leaves from the floor, pull out to wide of farmers sorting tobacco
5. Close of tobacco leaves in farmer's hand
6. Low wide shot of farmers sorting tobacco
7. Tilt up form tobacco leaves in farmer's hands to his face
8. Wide of heap of graded tobacco, pull out to farmer's wife sorting tobacco
9. Close of farmer's face
10. Wide of farmer sorting and grading tobacco
11. SOUNDBITE (Shona) Rangarirai Musanhi, Tobacco Farmer:
Right now there is beautiful tobacco being produced by us black farmers and not white farmers.
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Harare, 20 March 2011
12. Pull out from tobacco sales floor sign to truck laden with bales of tobacco
13. Pan of car with tobacco bale on the roof driving into the Sales Floor compound
14. Wide pan of tobacco auction floor
15. Mid of tobacco buyer smoking a cigarette
16. Tilt up from tobacco leafs to auctioneer
17. Wide of tobacco auctioning
18. Set up shot of Sammy Gutura, Operations Executive from Tobacco Sales Floor
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Sammy Gutura, Operations Executive, Tobacco Sales Floor:
The biggest difference that we have now is the numbers of people who are producing the crop. The same amount of crop that we are now producing is being done by well over fifty thousand farmers where as in that era we only had about fifteen hundred to three thousand farmers producing tobacco.
20. Mid of farmer smoking
21. Mid wide of auctioneer smoking, tilt down to tobacco leafs
22. Close of cigarette in hand
23. SOUNDBITE (English) Sammy Gutura, Operations Executive, Tobacco Sales Floor:
The quality of the crop I should say in the last two seasons it has actually been improving now. When we started of 2001, 2002 the quality was not that good but now I think, the farmers are learning the tricks around the production of the crop. And we have seen an improvement in the quality and this is confirmed by the prices obtaining at the moment on the market.
24. Wide pan of tobacco bales
25. Close of tag with price
26. Wide of man sewing tobacco bale
27. Close of hands sewing bale
28. SOUNDBITE (English) Sammy Gutura, Operations Executive, Tobacco Sales Floor:
The biggest market which is getting Zimbabwean tobacco is the Chinese market, which is a market is big enough to get even the whole production in Zimbabwe.
29. Tilt up from open tobacco bales on auction
30. Pan from tobacco leafs on the floor to cart carrying tobacco bales
31. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Chigwida, Tobacco Farmer:
Last year I didn't have the best quality but this year I have got the best quality. I am still learning as I am going on.
32. SOUNDBITE (Shona) Elliot Mutepaire, Tobacco Farmer:
This year I am expecting to deliver more bales than last year. I prepared for the season on time.
33. Various of vehicles delivering tobacco to auction floors
LEAD IN :
In a country torn by political instability and extreme poverty, one crop is proving very successful.
Traditionally grown by white farmers in Zimbabwe, tobacco is now a profitable crop that many black farmers are turning their hand to.
STORYLINE :
Tobacco farmer Rangarirai Musanhi and his wife Violet are grading tobacco.
It is a one part of the tobacco growing industry and it's proving to be a successful one in this poor African nation.
Tobacco production in Zimbabwe is expected to rise by 38 percent to 170 million kilograms this season as more and more indigenous farmers turn their hand to growing the crop.
Many of the new tobacco farmers are indigenous black farmers.


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