Temptations by the tobacco companies are the key causes for increased
tobacco farming in Kushtia district (a district of western region) which is a
clear threat to food security and having the higher risk of other fatal
diseases as well, says a report by online news portal, risingbd.com, on 6
January, 2014. Farmers are on the view that three
Tobacco Companies (BATB,
Dhaka Tobacco and Abul Khair Tobacco) are pulling them with money and other
incentives to grow tobacco. Initiatives by the Department of Agriculture
Extension to inspire farmers in food-crop production go wasted for the incentives
of Tobacco Companies’, the report adds.
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