@article{Jorge:209321,
      recid = {209321},
      author = {Jorge, Tovar},
      title = {Tobacco Cultivation in Latin America},
      address = {2014-03-10},
      number = {1509-2016-130908},
      series = {Documento CEDE},
      pages = {41},
      month = {Mar},
      year = {2014},
      abstract = {This paper evaluates the importance of tobacco cultivation  in Latin America. To this end the main variables of the  sector will be analyzed, such as the quantity and value of  production, the number of cultivated hectares and crop  yields. The value of the sector as export strength is also  studied. In addition, a comparison of direct employment  generated by tobacco cultivation in tobacco countries of  Latin America is created based on different sources. The  results show that the production of Latin-American  countries as a whole has been increasing in recent years,  making the share of production of this continent close to  16% of world production. Argentina and Brazil stand out for  their production to be placed among the ten largest  producers in the world. The extension of cultivated area in  the region reaches 13.55% of the area dedicated to tobacco  in the world. The increase in production has driven a  growth in the productivity of the product with a growing  trend for the past several lustrums. This positive trend  has been accompanied by an increase in prices paid to the  grower, particularly since 2007. It is then a sector with a  significant impact on the region. Tobacco cultivation has  the
capacity of generating 650,000 direct jobs and  exporting U.S. $ 3,788 million annually. Considering the  analysis only involves direct employment, these figures are  very significant.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/209321},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.209321},
}