INDIA PUSHES HARD TO PROMOTE ALTERNATIVE USES OF TOBACCO
September 1st, 2010
BY MINI PANT ZACHARIAH, KEITH NUTHALL
TOBACCO is not just for smoking, or chewing. And with anti-smoking programmes becoming stronger worldwide, there is increasing pressure for government scientists to develop alternative uses of tobacco, helping justify continuing leaf production subsidies.
India is a case in point. With over 100,000 tobacco farmers, although the Indian government is committed to discourage tobacco cultivation, it is all too aware farmers are reluctant to switch from the well-paying and easy-to-grow crop. Hence India's Central Tobacco Research ...
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