World No Tobacco Day: Why alternative farming should be incentivised

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As the global community celebrates World No Tobacco Day, PAUL OMOROGBE looks at the challenges faced by farmers left adrift by tobacco companies after divesting from tobacco farms and the need for the Federal Government to encourage farmers to grow crops that will boost food sufficiency.

Olayemi Ogunlade is a tobacco farmer in Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State. He says tobacco farming is a business that has been in his family for generations. “I grew up to see my father doing it. This is something my fathers have been doing for generations.”

Ogunlade said his farm, which is about three acres, is used to farm the local variety of tobacco.

According to him, his clients are…



Source: Nigerian Tribune