New fix needed for Malawi economy as tobacco sales plummet
Published on: Tuesday 03 May 2022
Low prices at auction have left tobacco growers less than optimistic about the future of the industry in one of the poorest countries in the world - Africa's Malawi. Here, tobacco represents 70 percent of the nation's export income. But some tobacco growers are opting to cultivate other cash crops - including cannabis, with hopes of higher profits.