Dilemmas of development
Burley tobacco, the environment and economic growth in Malawi
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4603252 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard J Tobin (United States Agency for International Development), Walter I Knausenberger (United States Agency for International Development) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 405-424 |
| Publication date | 1998-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Southern African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-7070 • E-ISSN: 1465-3893 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03057079808708582 |
| OpenAlex | W1983053561 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 8 |
Efforts to encourage smallholder farmers in Malawi to produce tobacco for export illustrate the dilemmas that developing nations and donor organisations face when their quest for development entails compelling economic incentives but potentially harmful impacts on human health and the environment. In addition to the well‐known impacts on health associated with the use of tobacco, its production can have deleterious effects on the environment, especially when production (and curing) entails substantial use of wood in a country facing high levels of deforestation. This article examines the rationale for choosing tobacco as a vehicle for economic development in Malawi and then addresses the difficulties associated with efforts to monitor and mitigate the environmental impacts of sectoral adjustment programmemes. Although advocates of sustainable development routinely argue that development can occur without damage to the environment, achieving this goal is problematic when poverty and malnutrition are widespread, as is the case in Malawi
Business · Developing country · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Incentive · Malnutrition · Natural resource economics · Political science · Poverty · Sustainable development · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
Shifting rights, property and authority in the forest frontier
Rural mobility as a response to land shortages
Customary rights and societal stakes of large-scale tobacco cultivation in Malawi
A Political Ecology Perspective on Environmental Change in Malawi with the Blantyre Fuelwood Project Area as a Case Study
Adapting to Adjustment
From colonisation to globalisation
Forest conservation and the private sector
‘Manage and mitigate punitive regulatory measures, enhance the corporate image, influence public policy’
Measuring the forest and income impacts of forest user group participation under Malawi's Forest Co-management Program
Policy and praxis of land acquisition in China
Lost and Found Crops
Disordering the Market
Becoming abwanaand burley tobacco in the Central Region of Malawi
A Comparative Value Chain Analysis of Smallholder Burley Tobacco Production in Malawi - 2003/4 and 2009/10
A history of tobacco production and marketing in Malawi, 1890-2010
Poverty alleviation in rural Malawi
| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,59 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2018 (20) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |