Fuel Sought to Avert Zimbabwe 'Disaster'

The Zimbabwe Association of Tobacco Growers is looking at ways to secure fuel for growers and 'avert a disaster', according to a report in The Herald newspaper. The tobacco sector is behind in its preparations for the coming season and ZATG chairperson, Julius Ngorima, said that his organization was eager to talk to some of the stakeholders in the fuel industry. Ngorima said the fuel shortage was one of a number of reasons why only a few growers had been able to plant their crops so far. Enditem