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[Africa, Zimbabwe] Tobacco farmers' night plight

It is freezing cold on the grounds of some tobacco auction floors in the city. The farmers putting up for the night in makeshift tents are worried as the chilling dawn of winter starts biting heavily.
ZBC (zw)
added Apr 29, 2013 01:10
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[Africa, Asia, China, Zimbabwe] War over tobacco out-grower schemes

MULTINATIONALS and Chinese firms should leave tobacco out-grower schemes to indigenous players if government’s empowerment drive is to be meaningful, the Zimbabwe Economic Empowerment Council (Zeec) has said.
Zimbabwe Standard (zw)
added Apr 23, 2013 14:48
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[Africa] Zambia: Tobacco to Be Priced in Kwacha

Tobacco Board of Zambia (TBZ) board secretary Samson Muyembe confirmed in an interview yesterday that the Government had restricted the buying of the tobacco using the Kwacha. By yesterday, tobacco marketing was expected to be opened and strictly manage
All-Africa.com
added Apr 19, 2013 14:44
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[Tennessee] Philip Morris USA To Host Tobacco Meeting On Wed.

After pulling out of the local tobacco-buying picture just over year ago, Philip Morris USA, a major manufacturer of American cigarettes and other tobacco products, is making a move to re-establish a facility in the Greeneville area that would purchase t
Greeneville (TN) Sun
added Apr 15, 2013 16:42
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[Africa] Malawi tobacco sales register success amid challenges -TCC

Experts on the tobacco industry say the country’s on-going gold leaf marketing season continues registering success in both pricing and revenue collected despite other challenges facing the industry.
NyasaTimes.Com (mw)
added Apr 5, 2013 14:10
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[Zimbabwe] Tobacco farmers under siege from prostitutes

TOBACCO farmers who are selling their crop in Harare are under siege from prostitutes that are after their hard-earned cash.
Zimbabwe Standard (zw)
added Mar 17, 2013 13:33
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Out of touch - European Parliament backs tobacco subsidies & votes an agriculture policy unfriendly to public health

The European Public Health & Agriculture Consortium (EPHAC) is disappointed by the European Parliament’s approval of coupling subsidies to tobacco production. ... “It is a textbook case of vested interests getting the upper hand in policy making. People
European Public Health Alliance (be)
added Mar 14, 2013 18:26
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[North Carolina] Tobacco markets were a way of life

Eastern North Carolina’s tobacco markets and festivals were once the highlight of the social calendar. As the 1992 markets ramped up, N&O writer and Wilson native Dennis Rogers remarked on the weight the tobacco market still carried.
Raleigh (NC) News & Observer
added Mar 6, 2013 13:26
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[Bulgaria, Europe, Greece] MEPs plan tobacco subsidies as Brussels fights smoking

Members of the European Parliament have paved the way for hundreds of millions of pounds of subsidies to go to Europe's tobacco farmers -- even though Brussels spends huge amounts on anti-smoking campaigns
Electronic Telegraph (uk)
added Feb 3, 2013 12:44
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[Indonesia] Govt urged to revise tobacco regulation

Some 2,000 tobacco farmers and artisans in Klaten regency, Central Java, staged a rally on Tuesday demanding that the government revise Articles 10 and 11 of Government Regulation (PP) No 109/2012 on the security of materials containing addictive ingredi
Jakarta Post (id)
added Jan 23, 2013 03:27
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