Prospects . --Commercial production of cigarette -type burley in Southern Rhodesia 

 has barely started. In 1962, 91,000 povmds were produced and sold (less than that in 

 previous years). Production for sale in 1963 jumped to an estimated 1.5 million pounds. 

 More expansion is planned; this will probably make Southern Rhodesia the leading burley 

 territory of the Federation. 



Some of the factors which will contribute to the success of burley in Southern Rhodesia 

 are a wide variety of soils on which to grow the tobacco, and a nnild climate (although it 

 may be too humid at curing time for best results). 



Much of the expansion in burley production in Southern Rhodesia will be on present 

 tobacco farms, where operators know tobacco culture and are already "tooled up" for 

 producing tobacco. Burley offers a chance for growers of flue -cured to spread risks. 

 Additional expansion can be expected on maize farms where land has been cleared and 

 sizable acreages of row crops are already being produced. Burley will make amother 

 cash crop for such farmers. 



Salisbury is already an established tobacco market; the marketing and packing in- 

 stallations there would lend themselves to the marketing of burley. 



Rhodesia and Nyasaland burley has in the past been a heavier pipe -type burley (red). 

 Southern Rhodesiam growers who are just beginning to raise it will attempt to grow 

 lighter burley. The climate and other factors nnay, however, result in the product being 

 largely filler -type leai. 



It is most likely that export promotion of burley will be handled by TEPCORN which 

 is a going and vigorous organization. 



Some of the factors which may tend to cause an expansion of burley type on farms 

 now producing flue -cured tobacco are: 



(a) Production costs per acre are lower than for flue -cured; 



(b) Yields per acre are larger; 



(c) The crop can be stalk-harvested, thus requiring less labor but more curing 

 space, and spreading labor demand over a longer period; 



(d) Prices for burley tobacco in Southern Rhodesia have generally been encouraging 

 to growers; costs are now rising; 



(e) World demand for cigarette -type burley has been increasing. 



NORTHERN RHODESIA 



At present. Northern Rhodesia produces atotalof less than 20 million pounds of tobacco 

 compared with Southern Rhodesia's total of over 200 million. However, changes in the 

 farmer's production practices following dissolution of the Federation may lead to in- 

 creased output.. Production in Northern Rhodesia is likely to shift to larger numbers of 

 African farmers, with the possibility of increased production in future. 



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