(250306) -- HARARE, March 6, 2025 (Xinhua) -- People stand by the newly harvested tobacco at a trading market in Harare, Zimbabwe, on March 5, 2025.
Zimbabwe's 2025 tobacco marketing season kicked off on Wednesday, with stakeholders upbeat about increased output this year due to favorable rainfall.
Tobacco, primarily cultivated by small-scale farmers, is Zimbabwe's leading agricultural export and one of the country's top foreign currency earners.
TO GO WITH "Zimbabwe begins 2025 tobacco marketing season" (Photo by Shaun Jusa/Xinhua)
