(Reuters) - Zimbabwe's delayed tobacco selling season began slowly on Tuesday, after a showdown between President Robert Mugabe's government and farmers arguing that a skewed exchange rate made it unprofitable to grow the crop.
Farmers have complained that the official exchange rate, fixed at 250 Zimbabwean dollars to the U.S. dollar since August last year, grossly undervalues the value of their products. The greenback fetches about 25,000 Zimbabwean dollars on a thriving black market in the southern African nation.
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