Tobacco is the main cash crop and major foreign exchange earner in Malawi. Statistics from the Ministry of Agriculture show that the crop, also known in Malawi as "green gold," contributes about ...

The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites Malawi: Non-smokers hooked on tobacco Tobacco-dependent Malawi faces a worrying future. New international controls on tobacco ...

Despite the drought, which hit most of Malawi's agricultural output, especially the staple food maize, the tobacco crop proved resilient, helping the country to profit from a surge in global demand.

of MSU Foundation in the Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Economics (AFRE). He added: “Malawi is arguably the world’s most tobacco-dependent country, but many other southern ...

Britain’s Channel 4 programme “Unreported World” has highlighted the ongoing use of child labour in tobacco harvesting in Malawi. Presenter Jenny Kleeman went to tobacco growing areas of the ...

Due to restrictions imposed to control the spread of the virus in Malawi – one of the world’s poorest countries, and one of the top 10 tobacco producers – growers were barred from physically attending ...

The United States on Friday suspended imports of all tobacco and tobacco products from Malawi for alleged forced labor practices – including child labor. Customs and Border Protection ...

According to Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Allan ... He added that it is the wish and aim of Malawi government that tobacco farmers are benefiting through meeting favourable conditions ...

Themed “Our Children, Our Future,” the event drew more than 350 government representatives; agricultural ... child labour in tobacco-growing communities across Malawi. The projects completed ...

Chakwera said the agriculture ministry would "search for a basket of alternative crops so that by 2030, Malawi can do away with its reliance on tobacco." Countries around the world are either ...

nongovernmental colleagues and communities in Malawi to strengthen forests. Healthy forests can help mitigate extreme weather ...

Tobacco-dependent Malawi faces a worrying future. New international controls on tobacco threaten the economy as does widespread famine in the area. Women - a large proportion of the workforce in ...