At least two hundred tobaccos kilns have been set up at different villages of three upazilas in Lalmonirhat district for processing tobacco leafs. Funded by tobacco companies, these kilns pose serious ...

Tobacco farmers in East Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, have turned to coal as a substitute for kerosene for drying their crops, in a bid to cut costs. "The drying process takes two days and a lot of ...

A staggering 134,010 maunds of fuelwood is burned every year in the tobacco kilns of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT)—to process tobacco leaves. This poses a serious threat to the environment. The ...

SWABI: Fire broke out on Thursday in three tobacco kilns in different areas, inflicting huge losses on the growers, who had already suffered losses due to hailstorm in the current season. Three days ...

I arrived in Myrtleford early one day, on a quest to discover what people are now doing with their historic tobacco kilns. The first time I saw the unique-looking kilns, I immediately thought of Don ...

SALLY SARA, PRESENTER: The death knell has sounded for that most unloved of industries, tobacco. It wasn't due to the efforts of the anti-smoking lobby or government health campaigns. Instead, a ...

Earlier this week, Ontario Premier Mike Harris stood in a farm shed east of Peterborough and announced $90-million in emergency aid for Ontario grain and oil-seed farmers. Which simply proves that ...

Although it is not well known, a simple but costly change in the way fresh tobacco is dried can reduce one of the major carcinogens in cigarette smoke as much as 95 per cent. Ontario tobacco growers ...

More than 10 tonnes of illegal tobacco has been seized near Goulburn and destroyed in a joint operation between the tax office and New South Wales Police. Investigators from the Australian Taxation ...

After being cooped up at home, there’s no doubt that Victorians are very much looking forward to exploring their own backyard, and just as eager to welcome them and others from around the country are ...

SWABI: Four tobacco kilns were destroyed in separate fire incidents here on Thursday. Each kiln cost around Rs1 million, according to owners. They insisted that after kiln destruction, tobacco curing ...