Northern Tobacco (NT) was established in 2004 to take advantage of Zimbabwe’s world-class growing conditions for flue-cured tobacco. Today NT contracts over 4,500 farmers to grow tobacco. Once harvested, cured, graded and delivered to Harare, NT then buys the tobacco from the farmer. To ensure the highest possible quality, NT procures and distributes all the inputs necessary to the farmers to grow the crop including fertilisers, chemicals, coal, fuel and cash for wages. Moreover, through its Agronomy Department, NT provides all its contracted farmers with agronomic advice.