Policy Research for Development Alternative, UBINIG, Dhaka, BD
Abstract
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
