Malawi Opens Tobacco Season; Farmers Complain of Low Prices - Bloomberg

Malawi Opens Tobacco Season; Farmers Complain of Low Prices - Bloomberg: "Malawi Opens Tobacco Season; Farmers Complain of Low Prices
By Frank Jomo - Mar 15, 2011 9:05 AM GMT

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Malawi, the world’s biggest producer of burley tobacco, opened the 2011 season yesterday with President Bingu wa Mutharika asking buyers to offer better prices.

“This year we have very good rains and with good care of the crop, we are sure of getting more revenue,” Mutharika said on MBC Radio during a live broadcast of the opening ceremony in the capital, Lilongwe. “The buyers should realize that farmers can only continue growing tobacco if they are paid prices beyond the cost of production,” said Mutharika."