As farm income from tobacco production has declined in recent years, there has been increasing interest in identifying … alternative sources of income for tobacco farmers in the southern United States The recent termination of the tobacco quota … program has accelerated the exit of tobacco farmers and has heightened concern regarding the availability of substitutes for …

The tobacco aphid, Myzus persicae nicotianae is aneconomically important pest of tobacco. Damage is throughdirect … as the bushy-top virus, the alfalfa mosaicvirus and the potato virus-Y. Before 2002, the main colourform of the tobacco … aphid in Zimbabwe was green. However,during the 2003/2004 tobacco season, concerns were raisedwhere red forms of the tobacco …

This chapter analyzes the inadequacy of state policies to assist small-scale tobacco contract farming in peripheral … peripheral communities in Zimbabwe with large numbers of farmers who grow tobacco under contract and those who do not. Access to … statistical data from the Tobacco Information and Marketing Board (TIMB) in Zimbabwe was also obtained. Tobacco contract farming …