Malawi news Agency (Mana) has revealed that this year’s tobacco yields will be 54kgs more than the required market amount of 152Kgs.

On the other hand, tobacco buying companies have lowered their demand from 174Kgs last year to 152kgs this year, leaving Malawians with excess unsold product.

However, the Tobacco Control Commission (TCC) Chief Executive Officer, Kaisi Sadala, told journalists that the figures are only preliminary estimates, as the real figures are yet to be communicated.

The decrease in demand by buying companies has left farmers disappointed, but they have been advised to grow diverse crops, as foreign markets have been revealed for various products, a development worth K400bn.