Articles for Tobacco Farmers

Nikhil Kumaraswamy urges Centre to ensure fair prices for Karnataka tobacco farmers
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Nikhil Kumaraswamy urges Centre to ensure fair prices for Karnataka tobacco farmers

Hindustan Times  

President of the JD Youth Wing, Nikhil Kumaraswamy, met Union Minister for Commerce and Industries Piyush Goyal in the national capital on Monday to advocate for Karnataka's tobacco farmers. "I was honoured to be accompanied by H D Kumaraswamy, whose invaluable experience and steadfast commitment to farmers' welfare have always been a guiding force," Nikhil Kumaraswamy said. The statement, citing …

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Tobacco Board urges Centre to ensure crop insurance for FCV tobacco farmers
4 months, 1 week ago

Tobacco Board urges Centre to ensure crop insurance for FCV tobacco farmers

The Hindu  

Seeking the Central government’s intervention for insurance support and protective measures for Flue-Cured Virginia tobacco farmers in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, Yashwanth Kumar Chidipothu, the Chairman of the Tobacco Board of India, along with BJP A.P. Mr. Yashwanth told The Hindu on Saturday that the Central government’s intervention would bring significant and much-needed change for FCV tobacco farmers. Exposed to …

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Tobacco farmers ask government for inclusion in the RoDTEP export promotion scheme
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Tobacco farmers ask government for inclusion in the RoDTEP export promotion scheme

Hindustan Times  

Tobacco exporters have asked the government to extend the duty refund scheme RoDTEP to the sector to boost outbound shipments. In a meeting with Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal in Hyderabad on June 29, traders submitted that tobacco exporters are not covered under any scheme that provides export incentives. They "requested to extend support to tobacco exporters by including …

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Tobacco is bad for health, but cultivators won’t shun the crop
1 year, 4 months ago

Tobacco is bad for health, but cultivators won’t shun the crop

The Hindu  

In Focus Tobacco consumption - in the form of smoking or chewing - has been linked with multiple serious health issues. Over the last seven years, the area under tobacco cultivation in Mysuru is believed to have come down from 80,000 hectares to around 65,000 hectares with farmers making a switch to other alternative crops, according to sources in the …

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Zimbabwe’s tobacco booms, but Black growers complain of debt
3 years, 7 months ago

Zimbabwe’s tobacco booms, but Black growers complain of debt

Associated Press  

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe’s tobacco is flourishing again. A few thousand white farmers produced the bulk of the tobacco crop before the land reform but now the number of Black growers, mainly small-scale, has risen to more than 145,000. The recovery has been stunning in recent years with Zimbabwe’s tobacco crop estimated to be 200 million kilograms this year, up …

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Farmers' body FAIFA asks PM to withdraw bill on cigarette, tobacco
3 years, 11 months ago

Farmers' body FAIFA asks PM to withdraw bill on cigarette, tobacco

India TV News  

Farmers' body FAIFA on Wednesday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to recall the proposed bill to amend the law regarding cigarettes and other tobacco products saying it will be a death knell for Indian tobacco farmers. The proposed COTPA Amendment Bill 2020 will provide huge boost to the ever-growing illicit cigarette business in India and will adversely impact the legal …

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FCV tobacco farmers seek bailout package
4 years ago

FCV tobacco farmers seek bailout package

The Hindu  

The Federation of All India Farmer Associations has urged the Central government to bail out the cyclone-affected Flue Cured Virginia tobacco farmers by announcing adequate relief package. Murali Babu said that the FCV tobacco farmers had experienced losses of more than ₹6,000 crore with a drop in production from 325 million kg in 2014-15 to 210 million kg in 2019-20. …

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