Explaining Why Farmers Grow Tobacco: Evidence From Malawi, Kenya, and Zambia.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Tobacco production continues to increase in low- and middle-income countries creating complications for tobacco control efforts. There is the need to understand and address the global tobacco leaf supply as a means of decreasing tobacco consumption and improving farmers livelihoods in line with Article 17 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. This study aims to understand the reasons why farmers grow tobacco and identify factors that influence these reasons.

Methods

Primary survey data (N = 1770) collected in Kenya, Malawi, and Zambia in the 2013-2014 farming season. Data analysis uses both descriptive and multinomial logistical regression methods.

Results

Majority of farmers started and are currently growing tobacco because they believed it

SUBMITTER: Appau A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7733062 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature