This article was extracted from the brochure “Unfair supply chains. Focus on the tobacco industry.

Donald Makoka gives a short background of tobacco growing in Malawi and decribes the lawsuit that more than 7.000 Malawian tobacco farmers launched against two British multinational tobacco companies. They took legal action over allegations that these companies had been negligent and had unjustly enriched themselves.

Author: Donald Makoka
Editor: Unfairtobacco
Published: December 2024

 

“We are eagerly awaiting the verdict on the case in London. If we are successful, the rights of women farmers like us and our children will no longer be violated. We have suffered for too long as tobacco farmers.” Female tobacco farmer, Mzimba, Malawi

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