At least two hundred tobaccos kilns have been set up at different villages of three upazilas in Lalmonirhat district for processing tobacco leafs. Funded by tobacco companies, these kilns pose serious ...

Tobacco farmers in East Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, have turned to coal as a substitute for kerosene for drying their crops, in a bid to cut costs. "The drying process takes two days and a lot of ...

SWABI: Fire broke out on Thursday in three tobacco kilns in different areas, inflicting huge losses on the growers, who had already suffered losses due to hailstorm in the current season. Three days ...

A staggering 134,010 maunds of fuelwood is burned every year in the tobacco kilns of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT)—to process tobacco leaves. This poses a serious threat to the environment. The ...

I arrived in Myrtleford early one day, on a quest to discover what people are now doing with their historic tobacco kilns. The first time I saw the unique-looking kilns, I immediately thought of Don ...

Earlier this week, Ontario Premier Mike Harris stood in a farm shed east of Peterborough and announced $90-million in emergency aid for Ontario grain and oil-seed farmers. Which simply proves that ...

Although it is not well known, a simple but costly change in the way fresh tobacco is dried can reduce one of the major carcinogens in cigarette smoke as much as 95 per cent. Ontario tobacco growers ...

After being cooped up at home, there’s no doubt that Victorians are very much looking forward to exploring their own backyard, and just as eager to welcome them and others from around the country are ...

Cortes Kiln was turned into a weatherboard cottage in the 1950s. Over the past two years it’s been renovated to add a bright plant-filled internal atrium, full kitchen and spacious bedroom. It’s just ...

Tasmania is known for growing apples, wool and potatoes, but its short-lived tilt at growing tobacco is all but forgotten. Tasmania's tobacco industry peaked in the 1930s Farm diaries from Arundel ...

SWABI: Four tobacco kilns were destroyed in separate fire incidents here on Thursday. Each kiln cost around Rs1 million, according to owners. They insisted that after kiln destruction, tobacco curing ...