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Is Malawi really done with tobacco?
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27 April 2021
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Is this the end of Malawi’s “green gold”?
Tobacco is by far Malawi’s most lucrative export.
And yet, President Lazarus Chakwera says farmers need to turn to other crops.
The world is changing, moving away from smoking – and farmers need to change with it, he says.
But which other crops can allow Malawi to prosper like tobacco did? And how easily can farmers adapt?
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