@article{Shah:329214,
      recid = {329214},
      author = {Shah, Mrunal and Ricker-Gilbert, Jacob and Khonje,  Makaiko},
      title = {Assessing Alternatives to Tobacco Farming for Smallholders  in Malawi},
      address = {2021-05-31},
      number = {2465-2022-1931},
      series = {MwAPATA Institute Policy Brief No.10},
      pages = {4},
      month = {May},
      year = {2021},
      abstract = {• Malawi is arguably the worldʼs most tobacco dependent  economy, yet its future as a major tobacco producer is  uncertain due to the perception of declining tobacco prices  over time, along with health risks, child labor laws, and  anti-smoking campaigns. • Using nationally representative  data, along with time series data on tobacco prices, we  assessed the profitability of Malawian tobacco and its  potential alternative crops. • We found that the percentage  of smallholder farmers growing tobacco declined over the  past 10 years from 16% in 2009-2010 to 5% in 2018-2019. •  Smallholder farmers who left tobacco cultivation allocated  their tobacco land to maize and to smaller extent grain  legume crops. • Tobacco is more profitable than alternative  crops for smallholder farmers who remained in tobacco  production. • Improving value chains for other high value  crops is more cost-effective than focusing on moving the  remaining 5% of smallholder farmers out of tobacco  cultivation.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/329214},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.329214},
}