Tobacco companies make huge profits while tobacco farm workers in Malawi live in mud huts, seven to a room.Read More
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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
Over-production of tobacco can be a problem, but there is almost certainly a simple solution: pay growers much higher prices for their contracted leaf. The industry can afford to do so.Read More
The grading system in Malawi, where yet again leaf tobacco prices are favoring buyers, is said to leave a lot to be desired.Read More
Malawi’s tobacco sales season got off to an awful start on Monday with some prices well below a dollar a kg, which far from reflected the work that had gone into producing the leaf. Read More
Looked at from only a domestic-market perspective, the dictates of demand and supply should mean that Malawi’s tobacco growers will be well rewarded this year.Read More
With production expected to come in 14 percent under demand, tobacco is predicted to attract high prices in Malawi.Read More
