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[Africa, Zimbabwe] Tobacco output expected to increas
THE increase in the number of tobacco growers registering for this year’s selling season is likely to push the expected 170 million kg upwards, an official with the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has said.
Apr 7, 2013
Zimbabwe Standard (zw)
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Apr 8, 2013 10:23
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[Virginia] South Boston author remembers 'When Tobacco was Good'
In his recently released book, “Once Upon A Time…When Tobacco was Good,” Mills tells of a time in the not so distant past when being in the business of raising tobacco was a very, prestigious and much sought after way of earning a living. A few proud p
Apr 8, 2013
South Boston (VA) Gazette-Virginian
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Apr 8, 2013 09:23
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[Africa, Zimbabwe] $200m realised at tobacco auction floors
THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has recorded close to $200 million from sales of the golden leaf as more farmers continue to deliver their crop, it has emerged.
Apr 8, 2013
Newsday (zw)
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Apr 8, 2013 08:23
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[Africa, Zimbabwe] Masvingo urged to try tobacco
Masvingo Bureau Masvingo Governor and Resident Minister Titus Maluleke has urged communal farmers to shift to tobacco production following the success of several pilot tobacco growing projects across the province. Addressing farmers at a field day held
Apr 5, 2013
Zimbabwe Herald (zw)
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Apr 7, 2013 15:25
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[Asia, China] In History Departments, It’s Up With Capitalism
Nan Enstad’s book in progress, “The Jim Crow Cigarette: Following Tobacco Road From North Carolina to China and Back,” examines how Southern tobacco workers, and Southern racial ideology, helped build the Chinese cigarette industry in the early 20th centu
Apr 7, 2013
New York Times
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Apr 7, 2013 10:17
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[Africa, Zimbabwe] Tobacco sales to 45 million kgs
MORE than 45 million kilograms of tobacco have gone under the hammer at the country’s three main auction floors since the beginning of the 2013 tobacco selling season, with prices picking up to end the week averaging at US$3,74 per kilogramme.
Apr 6, 2013
NewZimbabwe.com (uk)
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Apr 7, 2013 00:27
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[Africa, Russia, South America/Caribbean] Malawi farmers’ livelihood to go up in smoke as Chile bans public puffing
"We're very concerned with the smoking ban in Chile, in Russia and other countries have also proposed similar bans,” Malawi’s Tobacco Control Commission (TCC) chief executive officer Bruce Munthali told The Nation newspaper. “Tobacco farmers as any othe
Apr 6, 2013
MaraviPost.com (mw)
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Apr 6, 2013 05:11
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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.
Apr 5, 2013
NyasaTimes.Com (mw)
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Apr 5, 2013 14:10
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[Kentucky] UofL researchers demonstrate that humans develop antibodies to tobacco mosaic virus
A virus typically associated with tobacco, but also known to be present in spinach, tomatoes, petunias and other vegetables and household plants, may help protect people from Parkinson’s Disease. Researchers from the University of Louisville’s Departmen
Apr 4, 2013
KyForward
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Apr 4, 2013 15:07
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Bee Deaths From Colony Collapse Disorder On The Rise As Researchers Point To Pesticides
With as many as 40 or 50 percent of commercial U.S. bee hives lost to colony collapse disorder, according to the New York Times, scientists are eyeing a relatively new class of pesticides as a likely culprit. Neonicotinoids, which are chemically similar
Mar 29, 2013
Huffington Post (blog)
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Apr 4, 2013 13:43