25 February
ELT launches the Gold Class inputs scheme
Ethical Leaf Tobacco unveiled the Gold Class Scheme, an input facility, split into four tiers: Gold for 1,000kg and above, Diamond 700kg, Silver 500kg and Bronze under 500kg.
In the field, every season
1,250+ farmers, and counting.
The measure of ELT is not the leaf, it is the livelihoods. Here is what the work looks like on the ground, what growers say about it, and what we have been up to.
1,250+happy farmers
25+years experience
30+awards won
1,250+
smallholder farmers financed across Zimbabwe.
Backed in the field and at the floor
25+
years experience
30+
awards won
50+
expert staff
4
Gold Class tiers
Figures are Ethical Leaf Tobacco's own published numbers, reflecting the active smallholder financing book across Zimbabwe's growing regions.
From the field
Seed bed to auction floor, across the tobacco regions ELT serves.
What growers say
Short, and to the point. The way farmers talk.
Inputs are provided on time.
Nyasha Mutongi · Farmer
ELT makes payments on time.
Brighton Makombe · Farmer
ELT buys tobacco at competitive prices.
Stephen Franco · Farmer
News
What ELT has been up to.
01 September
ELT donates PPE to clinics around the country
As part of its community engagement, ELT donated personal protective equipment to clinics across Zimbabwe, backing the health workers who serve the farming communities it finances.
24 November
ELT decentralises for farmer convenience
Ethical Leaf Tobacco moved services closer to the growers, decentralising operations so farmers spend less time travelling and more time on the crop.
Be the next grower we back
Grow with ELT.
Check the Gold Class tier your season unlocks, then start an application in minutes.