Output for key crops decline, analysts urge diversification
Malawi's earnings and output from tobacco, tea, coffee and cotton have all fallen compared with the same stretch last year, and the slide is raising alarm among economists. Tobacco remains the country's main foreign exchange earner, so the decline hits national income where it hurts. Analysts are urging the government to diversify exports and invest in alternative sectors. Farmers, meanwhile, are left chasing thinner returns.
Malawi’s declining tobacco, tea, coffee and cotton earnings and output are raising concerns and prompting calls for export diversification and investment in alternative sectors. Meanwhile, Malawi has recorded a drop in production and income from cotton, coffee, tea and tobacco, the country’s main foreign exchange earner, compared to last year in the corresponding period. Farmers … The post Output for key crops decline, analysts urge diversification appeared first on Nation Online .
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