From tobacco to food production : consolidation, dissemination and policy advocacy (Bangladesh); final technical report, April 2009 – March 2011

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2011-05

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Policy Research for Development Alternative, UBINIG, Dhaka, BD

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Many farmers cultivate tobacco instead of food crops, lured by tobacco companies with false promises of higher price for tobacco leaves. Yet in spite of huge production, farmers do not get anticipated returns as market price is determined solely by the tobacco company. As part of the field experiment UBINIG (Policy Research for Development Alternative) which supported many farmers in three research areas, and while others took initiative on their own and in Chakaria, the government helped farmers to grow food rather than tobacco. The report covers in detail the complexity of switching from cash crop approach to food security.

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TOBACCO PRODUCTION, CROP DIVERSIFICATION, FOOD PRODUCTION, OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, AGRICULTURAL POLICY, CASH CROPS

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/50834

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IDRC Research Results / Résultats de recherches du CRDI
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