Malawi tobacco
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Business
Tobacco prices seen picking up
Latest figures released by tobacco market operator, AHL Group, indicates that prices for the commodity have been picking up in…
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Expectations rise as tobacco sales start
Tobacco growers are helpful as the tobacco selling season kicks off in Lilongwe today. President Lazarus Chakwera is expected to…
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‘Tobacco output to drop in 2022’
Stakeholders in the tobacco industry have expressed fear that the country may not be able to produce enough to meet…
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Tobacco Commission hopes for 10% rise in production
Authorities at the Tobacco Commission (TC) have expressed hope that tobacco production is going to bounce back in the 2021-22…
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Tobacco market closes next week
The Tobacco Commission (TC) has set August 18 as the closing date for the 2021 selling season. This means that…
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Financial inclusion for rural populations
Our economy is predominantly driven by agriculture; in particular, cash crops such as tobacco and maize. In 2020, some 80…
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Tobacco earnings surpass last year’s
Earnings from the country’s major export crop, tobacco, reached $176.8 million (about K141.4 billion) at the end of 14 weeks…
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On public health, economic prudence
By Donasius Pathera: It is no secret that tobacco is no longer a golden leaf for Malawi. The biting whip…
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Tobacco revenue hits $128 million
Tobacco has raked in $128.1 million in the first 10 weeks of sales, up from $97.4 million realised during the…
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Tobacco rakes in $111 million
Malawi’s single top export crop, tobacco, has raked in $111.6 million nine weeks into this year’s selling season, latest figures…
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