MP on struggling tobacco market: Reduce quantity, think quality

LILONGWE (Maravi Post) It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Malawian tobacco farmers are failing to make money this year, says Kasungu South East MP Bokosi Khamba who believes it’s about time the country had few producers of the leaf.
“Tobacco prices are a source of concern,” said Khamba as he commented on the 2012 budget presented earlier this month by Finance Minister Ken Kandodo. “This is an economic crop and not political as others want to make it in this House. Continued