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    Growing Tobacco Leads to Poverty
    Published: 2010-06-29    Views:93 reads

     

    Tobacco cultivation has contributed to increased levels of poverty in Sri Lanka, according to a Daily News story quoting the chairman of the National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol, Professor Carlo Fonseka.
    Speaking at a media conference, Fonseka said that tobacco growers became dependent on tobacco companies, but they made no profit.
    Fonseka said also that tobacco cultivation was a threat to the environment because it increased soil erosion, required a lot of water and needed a relatively high level of agrochemicals.
    He said that farmers were unaware of these facts and were blindly bent on tobacco cultivation.