Tobacco output increases this year | The Times Group:
Malawi expects higher output by its biggest export earner, tobacco, to rise by 38 percent to 147
million kilogrammes this year, Tobacco Control Commission (TCC) said Monday.
But the increase is still lower than the projection of 149 million kilogrammes and 23.2 million
kilogrammes shy of the current tobacco demand of 171 million kilogrammes.
TCC Chief Executive Officer, Kaisi Sadala, said the development has been perpetuated by erratic
rainfall and unstable weather conditions that the country experienced in the 2017/18 season.
"During the first estimates, the challenge that we faced is that of prolonged drought which affected
the crop, especially in the Southern Region," he said.
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Malawi expects higher output by its biggest export earner, tobacco, to rise by 38 percent to 147
million kilogrammes this year, Tobacco Control Commission (TCC) said Monday.
But the increase is still lower than the projection of 149 million kilogrammes and 23.2 million
kilogrammes shy of the current tobacco demand of 171 million kilogrammes.
TCC Chief Executive Officer, Kaisi Sadala, said the development has been perpetuated by erratic
rainfall and unstable weather conditions that the country experienced in the 2017/18 season.
"During the first estimates, the challenge that we faced is that of prolonged drought which affected
the crop, especially in the Southern Region," he said.
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