In Malawi, tobacco is considered “green gold”, incontestably the most profitable crop in this highly agrarian economy. Per tonne it has over 20 times the
It is evident that tobacco production threatened natural forests in Malawi. Since Malawi started producing tobacco, farmers have been using natural trees to construct curing barns. Large woods were used to cure tobacco in furnaces. That is why environmentalists have long argued that tobacco production has contributed significantly to the levels of deforestation and degradation […]