Why Uganda's tobacco farmers grow trees on the sides

(Daily Monitor) ... “Since we need wood fuel to cure tobacco leaves, we are always advised to grow our own trees to avoid cutting indigenous trees and natural forests,” he added. Atira, a resident of Arevu village, Nyirive Sub-county in Arua District, went on to explain that he grows a flue cured type of tobacco, which can only be cured using wood fuel. From a hectare piece of land, he usually opens each year, Atria normally harvests 2.2 tonnes of tobacco. “In order to treat all the 2.2 tonnes of tobacco, on average I need 18 cubic metres of wood fuel. ..." Continued