Inter Press ServiceThe Rise of Uganda's Tobacco Production https://www.ipsnews.net/2012/12/the-rise-of-ugandas-tobacco-production/ News and Views from the Global South Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:46:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 The Rise of Uganda’s Tobacco Production https://www.ipsnews.net/2012/12/the-rise-of-ugandas-tobacco-production/ https://www.ipsnews.net/2012/12/the-rise-of-ugandas-tobacco-production/#respond Thu, 27 Dec 2012 11:36:15 +0000 Will Boase http://www.ipsnews.net/?p=115487

By Will Boase
ARUA, Uganda, Dec 27 2012 (IPS)

Over the years with the demise of cotton production, tobacco has become one of Uganda’s key exports.
Six years after British American Tobacco set up regional headquarters in this East African nation, it has become a key tobacco producer for the company.

Agriculture is the backbone of Uganda’s economy, it accounts for about 34 percent of GDP, over 90 percent of export earnings, and employment of 85 percent of the population through farming, processing, transportation and marketing, according to the International Food Policy Research Institute.

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