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Centre for Excellence Hub to Help World's Most Tobacco-Dependent Farmers Transition to More Sustainable Livelihoods

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Smoke, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Learning, ATI, Foundation for a Smoke-Free World, CAT, Farmer, Bunda, Research, Tobacco, World Bank, Science, Nature, Groundnut, Gross domestic product, Soil, Natural Resources, World No Tobacco Day, Smoking, WNTD, Agriculture

The new physical hub will be a centre of excellence that will build upon this work with support from FSFW's affiliate, the Agricultural Transformation Initiative (ATI).

Key Points: 
  • The new physical hub will be a centre of excellence that will build upon this work with support from FSFW's affiliate, the Agricultural Transformation Initiative (ATI).
  • "World No Tobacco Day highlights the importance of helping farmers transition away from growing tobacco.
  • "Tobacco farmers and the land on which tobacco is grown are often overlooked in the conversation about ending smoking.
  • This includes increasing the scale in which smallholder farmers are taught about products, practices, and technologies that can improve their agricultural productivity and improve their livelihoods.

Centre for Excellence Hub to Help World's Most Tobacco-Dependent Farmers Transition to More Sustainable Livelihoods

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Smoke, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Learning, ATI, Foundation for a Smoke-Free World, CAT, Farmer, Bunda, Research, Tobacco, World Bank, Science, Nature, Groundnut, Gross domestic product, Soil, Natural Resources, World No Tobacco Day, Smoking, WNTD, Agriculture

The new physical hub will be a centre of excellence that will build upon this work with support from FSFW's affiliate, the Agricultural Transformation Initiative (ATI).

Key Points: 
  • The new physical hub will be a centre of excellence that will build upon this work with support from FSFW's affiliate, the Agricultural Transformation Initiative (ATI).
  • "World No Tobacco Day highlights the importance of helping farmers transition away from growing tobacco.
  • "Tobacco farmers and the land on which tobacco is grown are often overlooked in the conversation about ending smoking.
  • This includes increasing the scale in which smallholder farmers are taught about products, practices, and technologies that can improve their agricultural productivity and improve their livelihoods.