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Jump to full article: The Malawi Nation (mw), 2003-01-22
Author: McDonald Chapalapata
Intro: There is a low demand of burley tobacco on the international market and tobacco growers need to focus on flue-cured tobacco if they are to make profits, Tobacco Association of Malawi (Tama) President Albert Kamulaga said on Monday.
Kamulaga was briefing President Bakili Muluzi at the New State Lodge in Lilongwe on his election as President for International Tobacco Growers Association (ITGA), which was held in Portugal from October 30 to November 1 last year.
"We have to increase production of flue tobacco because Zimbabwe, which was producing it, can no longer do it now because of the problems with the white farmers there. We should expect good prices on flue tobacco because there is low demand for burley tobacco," said Kamulaga.
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