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
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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
A new law in Malawi is aimed at stopping tobacco growers being "ripped off" by buyers, but some believe it will favor tobacco companies rather than farmers.Read More
A new bill being considered by Malawi's Parliament would attempt to protect tobacco growers from the worst forms of exploitation.Read More
If it is true that the average price paid to growers for Malawi's tobacco this year fell by 16.5 percent, the tobacco industry should hang its head in shame.Read More
The only way to improve the lot of Malawi's Burley growers would be to reverse the greed-induced myopia of Western trading policies; so improvement is unlikely.Read More