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Zimbabwe's tobacco industry pledges to end child labor and deforestation
11 May 2022
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Zimbabwe, Africa’s biggest tobacco grower and one of the world's top exporters of the nicotine leaf opened its selling season for the crop amid pledges to fight deforestation and child labor in response to pressure from rights groups, environmentalists and international buyers.

Almost a month into Zimbabwe’s 2022 tobacco selling season, one of the priorities is to fight deforestation and child labor. Africa’s biggest tobacco grower and one of the world's top exporters pledged to make the industry more sustainable.

With tobacco’s proven role in causing cancer, international marketers, rights groups, and environmentalist have urged the southern African nation to avoid any other controversy.

Read more at : https://www.africanews.com/2022/04/28/zimbabwe-s-tobacco-industry-pledges-to-end-child-labor-and-deforestation/?fbclid=IwAR2ksEweOQl5ky4Fjhd16-V4qJhpU9YWL-BVa5C7Y8BHLK3-U5mUcLWoU8E

Source: Africanews

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