Tobacco Transformation And Development Dilemmas From Central Africa

Download or read book Tobacco, Transformation and Development Dilemmas from Central Africa written by Martin Prowse and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-12-10 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes the reader through the expansion, restructuring and possible salvation of Malawi’s main industry, tobacco. Malawi has been dependent on tobacco exports for a century, but now, with demand for Malawian tobacco declining fast, the country needs to diversify rapidly. The authors combine an innovative range of theory and methods to provide a comprehensive and incisive analysis of the dilemmas faced by countries which still rely on a limited number of agricultural commodities in the 21st century. This work will be ideal for scholars and researchers interested in political economy and African development.