This year’s tobacco prices are disappointing – Jumbe

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Former Chairperson of Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture Felix Jumbe has described the prices being offered at the tobacco market as disappointing.

It has been reported that at Kanengo Auction Floors where the market is in second week, the price of tobacco is lower than 80 cents of which to the farmers is not promising.

As of Wednesday, 2.3 million Kgs of tobacco had been sold at an average price of $1.39/Kg, according to Auction Holdings Limited.

Commenting on the matter, Felix Jumbe who has also previously served as president of Farmers Union of Malawi said most farmers believed that this year’s selling season will be much better but it has turned out to be a disappointment.

Felix Jumbe
Jumbe: Farmers will be upset yet again.

“This year most farmers thought they will get better prices as there is low supply and demand is high but it is disappointing that the price is less than 80 cent,” said Jumbe.

He added that considering the efforts farmers put into the tobacco industry, it is unfortunate that they do not get good prices.

However, it has always been the case that every year tobacco farmers lament over poor prices of tobacco.

Agriculture experts as well as government have been encouraging farmers to stop depending on tobacco only and go for other crops since the global anti-smoking campaign will lead to low prices.

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78 Comments

  1. shut up ur mouth Jumbe every year…talking same issue..#low prices……..try to Grow Mtedza/ indian hemp

  2. shut up ur mouth Jumbe every year…talking same issue..#low prices……..try to Grow Mtedza/ indian hemp

  3. Then u have discovered that they are buying at low prices yet u knoe Malawi relay on it, y can’t u do something as officials before it’s too worse? U act like u don’t know how much did people use to buy agricultural inputs…nonsense…

  4. Then u have discovered that they are buying at low prices yet u knoe Malawi relay on it, y can’t u do something as officials before it’s too worse? U act like u don’t know how much did people use to buy agricultural inputs…nonsense…

  5. Are you sure honourable Jumbe , may be it will change, the lower leaf fetches low prices but if it continues let’s call it doom in tobacco industry.

  6. Are you sure honourable Jumbe , may be it will change, the lower leaf fetches low prices but if it continues let’s call it doom in tobacco industry.

  7. You Buyers don’t kill Sellers tomorrow you not buy even on High price if Growers stop it.Agr. is the back born of Malawians and you leaders Defend Growers pls.Farming has got alot of processes so if you buy them at low price what is the benefit of growers.

  8. You Buyers don’t kill Sellers tomorrow you not buy even on High price if Growers stop it.Agr. is the back born of Malawians and you leaders Defend Growers pls.Farming has got alot of processes so if you buy them at low price what is the benefit of growers.

  9. There will never be good prices of Tobacco as it used to be in the past. I think its hightime farmers must learn something from this !

  10. There will never be good prices of Tobacco as it used to be in the past. I think its hightime farmers must learn something from this !

  11. Kodi ndani uja amati fodya chaka chino ndi quality ndipo agulidwa bwino…now i see,mumati anthu andalamanu mukagulitsagulitsa then achikumbe akumudzi ndie mitengo yozizira eti! ganja ilowe m’bwalo tsopano!!

  12. Kodi ndani uja amati fodya chaka chino ndi quality ndipo agulidwa bwino…now i see,mumati anthu andalamanu mukagulitsagulitsa then achikumbe akumudzi ndie mitengo yozizira eti! ganja ilowe m’bwalo tsopano!!

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