Prowse, Martin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1271-468X
(2013)
A history of tobacco production and marketing in Malawi, 1890–2010.
Journal of Eastern African Studies, 7 (4).
pp. 691-712.
ISSN 1753-1055
Abstract
During the past century tobacco production and marketing in Nyasaland/Malawi has undergone periods of dynamism similar to changes since the early 1990s. This article highlights three recurrent patterns. First, estate owners have fostered or constrained peasant/smallholder production dependent on complementarities or competition with estates. Second, the rapid expansion of peasant/smallholder production has led to large multiplier effects in tobacco-rich districts. Third, such expansion has also led to re-regulation of the marketing of peasant/smallholder tobacco by the (colonial) state. The article concludes by assessing whether recent changes in the industry – such as district markets, contract farming with smallholders, and the importance of credence factors – have historical precedents, or are new developments in the industry.
Item Type: | Article |
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Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development) |
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Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
Date Deposited: | 20 Aug 2020 01:11 |
Last Modified: | 22 Oct 2022 06:37 |
URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/76514 |
DOI: | 10.1080/17531055.2013.805077 |
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