The Sadc country’s farmers feel trapped in a contract system they blame for low prices and growing debt in its tobacco industry.
The Sadc country’s farmers feel trapped in a contract system they blame for low prices and growing debt in its tobacco industry.
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/ 14 January 2008
Tobacco production in Malawi is expected to rise to 150-million kilograms this season, encouraged by higher prices and good rains, the Tobacco Association of Malawi said on Monday. The expected increase in prices follows a slump in production last year, when growers only managed to produce 140-million kilograms.