der of 60 Zimbab\;e cents a kiloqram after the disastrous. price collapse in 1980. Production durinq the · 1980/81 season was 67 million kiloqrams, which \las sold at an averaqe price of 183.67 ZimbabHe ce r:ts per kil oqram. Production costs rose sharply in the 1981/82 season, arl(] follo\iJinq the raisinq of the minimum waqe in January 1982, labour costs per hectare planted increased from ~~z 490 to ,.z 817. About 88.9 million kiloqrams of flue-cured tobacco vtere expected to be sol6 in 1982. At the time of writ­ inq, 71.4 million kiloqrams had been sold at 168.19 Zimbabwe cents a kiloqram in 1981/82. Consequently, earlier hopes of sub­ stantially hiqher earninqs from tobacco exports have been qradually wiltinq. The fall in the price of tobacco in the course of 1982 is ascribed to a larger and better-quality Brazilian crop, as \/ell as consumer resistance in industrial cour:tries, where hiqh unemployment and sharply hiqher taxes on smokers are havinq a severe impact o·n the volume of sales. 53. In Halawi, tobacco auction sales declined in volume from 54.4 million kiloqrams in 1980 to 50.7 million kiloqrams, while the value increased from 59.2 million kwacha to 99.3 million kwacha, mainly as a result of an increase in the prices of the flue-cured variety. 54. In Ker!ya, the tea industry fared better in 1981 than in 1980, principally. because of qood rainfall in the tea-qrowinq areas. Althouqh production showed a sliqht improve111ent to 90,941 tonnes over the 1980 fiqure of 89 I 893 tonnes I there \vas a rise in averaqe prices so ":hat realizations increased from 71.5 million shillinqs tc 80.6 million shillinqs. Neanwhile, the'Kenya Tea Development Autnority 's small-holder tea development proqrarnme proqressed satisfactorily in 198L \lith an addi tiornl 2, 900 hec­
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the economic performance of Zimbabwe, specifically the tobacco and tea industries, and the factors affecting their production and sales. The text highlights the impact of production costs, prices, and external factors such as a larger Brazilian crop and consumer resistance on the industry's performance.

**Category**
Agriculture, forestry and fishing