Turkish 



Approximately Z.OOO acres of Turkish (oriental) type tobacco are planted in Southern 

 Rhodesia, with an average production of about 600,000 pounds. In I960, 2,450 acres were 

 grown, and total production amounted to 1,879,000 pounds. Both acreage and production 

 have decreased on European-owned farms since I960. By contrast, African farmers who 

 produced 230,000 pounds of Turkish type tobacco in Southern Rhodesia in 1961 and 54,000 

 in 1962, produced an estimated 1.26 million pounds in 1963. 



Turkish tobacco has possibilities as a developing crop for Africans in Southern 

 Rhodesia; these growers planted 119 acres in 1962, and an estimated total of 440 acres 

 in 1963. 



Increased production of Turkish tobacco has the enthusiastic support of the Prinne 

 Minister of Southern Rhodesia. He has estinnated that $5 million to $7 million could be 

 added to overall annual inconne by increasing Turkish production. 



Turkish tobacco was badly damaged by the "bushy top" disease in 1960. A total of 

 approximately 5,000 acres were planted that year (approximately 2,000 of it by African 

 growers), but because of weather conditions and other factors "bushy top" played havoc 

 with the crop. In I960, total production was approximately 1.9 million pounds, but it 

 dropped to about 0.6 million pounds in 1961 and again to 0.3 nnillion pounds in 1962. Some 

 of those who believe that Turkish-type tobacco offers opportunities for utilizing the 

 Federation's labor surplus feel that there is now new hope in Rhodesia for this crop 

 after the recent successful research campaign against the bushy-top virus. It is now 

 recommended that Turkish should not be grown close to flue-cured tobacco areas, as 

 more infection has occurred under these circumstances. 



Table 13. --FEDERATION OF RHODESIA AMD NYASALAND: Production of Turkish tobacco, 1950-63 



Year 



Southern Rhodesia 



Northern Rhodesia 



Ny as aland 



Federation total 



of 

 harvest 



Area 

 planted 



Production 



Area 

 planted 



Production 



Area 

 planted 



Production 



Area 

 planted 



Production 



1950 



1951 



1952 



1953 



Acres 



520 

 1,200 

 1,820 



850 

 1,660 

 2,540 

 2,863 

 2 504 

 2,484 



1,000 lb. 



276 

 99 



159 



127 



143 



259 



460 



853 



356 



814 

 1,879 



809 



291 

 1,242 



Acres 



(^) 



390 

 230 

 210 

 170 

 310 

 460 

 870 

 725 



1,000 lb. 



175 



72 



11 



35 



37 

 127 



93 



86 



85 

 150 

 454 

 306 

 272 



Acres 



(!) 



(!) 



(!) 

 (!) 



190 

 170 

 260 



1,000 lb. 



6 

 2 

 6 



35 



64 



68 



104 



Acres 



(!) 

 (!) 

 (!) 

 (^) 



{^) 



910 

 1,430 

 2,030 

 1,020 

 1,970 

 3,000 

 3,923 

 1,399 

 2,744 



1,000 lb. 



1954 





1955 



1956 



1957 



1958 



1959 



1960 



1961 



1962 



1963'' 



386 

 559 



941 

 447 

 964 



2,386 

 948 

 631 



1,346 



Not available. 



European acreage only; acreage grown by African farmers not available. 



Not currently available. 



Preliminary data. 



Burley 



Southern Rhodesian farnners are now showing a keen interest in production of ciga- 

 rette-type burley. Until recently, burley tobacco (heavy burley) had been produced only 

 in the Eastern Province of Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland. The production of burley 

 in Southern Rhodesia is becoming a secondary tobacco crop on sonne of the larger farms 

 which grow flue-cured and is being grown on some maize farnns as well. Some of the 



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