harvesting tobacco Woman Stock Photo Harvesting tobacco crop by hand

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Growers must be familiar with the specific characteristics of the tobacco they are cultivating to accurately determine the ideal harvesting time

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At the moment there will be no significant economic benefit from this rise in tobacco production, says Monitor Global Outlooks correspondent in Harare

In many countries, tobacco is produced under contract farming arrangements where companies provide low-interest cash loans or credit, fertilizer, seeds, construction of tobacco leaf-curing facilities, and guaranteed payment upon delivery of crops

In a report released in May, Human Rights Watch recommended that no child under the age of 18 should be permitted to perform work in which they come into direct contact with tobacco due to the inherent health risks posed by nicotine and the pesticides applied to the crop. The recommendation was based on interviews with 141 children ages 7 to 17, almost exclusively Latino, working on tobacco farms in North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia in 2012 and 2013