Tobacco production
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- Created on: 14-05-16 19:12
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- Tobacco production Impacts
- Tobacco is a temperate crop that is grown in more than 100 countries worldwide, mostly in developing countries. China is the world's largest producer.
- Pesticides
- Huge amounts of fertilizers, herbicide and pesticides are used in growing of tobacco
- up to 16 applications can be made during a 3 month growing period
- It is known that they leach into the soil and find their way into streams , rivers and food chains
- up to 16 applications can be made during a 3 month growing period
- Huge amounts of fertilizers, herbicide and pesticides are used in growing of tobacco
- Green tobacco sickness
- tobacco growers are open to the green tobacco sickness
- It's caused by the absorption of nicotine through the skin contact with wet tobacco leaves
- Symptoms of GTS include nausea , weakness , dizziness and cramps
- It's caused by the absorption of nicotine through the skin contact with wet tobacco leaves
- tobacco growers are open to the green tobacco sickness
- Tobacco and deforestation
- After harvesting , tobacco is cured to preserve it for storage , transport and processing.Most tobacco is flue cured which entails passing heated air through the harvested leaves.
- Trees are cut down to provide fuel for the curing process
- 200,000 hectares of woodland are removed by tobacco farming each year
- 4.6% of total national deforestation
- 200,000 hectares of woodland are removed by tobacco farming each year
- In Malawi, 35,000 tonnes of tobacco leaves are cured annually
- In 1 region of Malawi , 80% of the wood cut down is used for tobacco
- In North-West Uganda, sheet erosion is very evident and much of the topsoil has been washed away(due to deforestation)
- Impacts on food production and health
- less land is available for food crops
- Short term gain is likely to be offset by long-term costs
- tobacco-related illnesses: lung cancer is the most commonly reported fatal cancer
- Bangladesh: tobacco expenditure compounds the effects of poverty and causes serious decline in living standards
- less land is available for food crops
- Pollution
- Burning tobacco is the main source of indoor pollution in the developed world
- tobacco smoke contains 4,000 chemicals including carcinogens, irritants and toxic gases
- Burning tobacco is the main source of indoor pollution in the developed world
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- Background info.
- British American Tobacco
- Taxes bring extra money
- Provide jobs in LEDC's
- BAT: "ethically conscious"
- Low paid jobs
- Deforestation to create tobacco plantations
- Lack of family food as they are subsistence farmers
- green tobacco sickness
- soil erosion
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