Determinants of tobacco cultivation in Bangladesh.
Tob Control
; 29(6): 692-694, 2020 11.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31776264
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Tobacco production continues to increase in low-income and middle-income countries including in Bangladesh. It has spreads to different parts of Bangladesh and is now threatening food cultivation, the environment and health. The aim of this study is to determine the factors those are influenced farmers' decisions to grow tobacco.METHODS:
We surveyed 371 tobacco farmers using a simple random sampling in the Meherpur district of Bangladesh. Binary logistic regression was used to examine the variables affecting farmers' decision to cultivate tobacco.RESULTS:
Approximately 87.0% of the respondents were contract farmers with different tobacco companies. Almost 83.3% of the farmers had intentions to continue tobacco farming. Binary logistic regression results suggest that company's incentives to farmers, farmers' profitability, a guaranteed market for the tobacco crop and economic viability were the variables most affecting the decision to cultivate tobacco.CONCLUSIONS:
Governments seeking to shift farmers away from tobacco will need to consider how to address the dynamics revealed in this research.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Nicotiana
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Farmers
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
Tob Control
Journal subject:
TRANSTORNOS RELACIONADOS COM SUBSTANCIAS
Year:
2020
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Bangladesh