Limbe Leaf has demonstrated to the satisfaction of U.S. authorities that its tobacco is not produced with the help of forced labor. Read More
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The Malawi Tobacco Commission expects prices to improve as more buyers enter the country. Read More
Alliance One has demonstrated that its tobacco has not been produced on farms using forced labor, says border protection agency.Read More
Growers say the prices offered leave them unable to repay their loans and cover the cost or production. Read More
In the face of destruction, death and displacements caused by flooding, the state of the tobacco crop might seem unimportant; but the income from its sale will be needed more than ever.Read More
Malawi's 2018 tobacco marketing season has been described as 'good'. But good for whom? A Reuters story said that grower prices had been reduced by 16.5 percent from those of 2017.Read More
With buyers having reduced tobacco farm-gate prices in Malawi by 54 percent between 2012 and 2016, talk of rewarding farmers for their hard work seems hollow at best. Read More
The Foundation for a Smoke-Free World is addressing seriously, and at a critical time, questions of poverty among smallholder tobacco growers.Read More
If Malawi decides to take the cannabis route, it should make sure that it does so only in such a way as to ensure that its farmers - and therefore society as a whole - Read More
Tobacco companies make huge profits while tobacco farm workers in Malawi live in mud huts, seven to a room.Read More