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FAIFA slams WHO-FCTC COP11 for excluding India’s tobacco farmers
11-Nov-2025 - 0 Comments.
FAIFA condemns WHO-FCTC COP11 for barring farmer participation, warning that policy exclusion threatens 36 million livelihoods in India’s tobacco sector.
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Farmers urge uniform regulation for all tobacco types to curb market losses
11-Oct-2025 - 0 Comments.
FAIFA seminar highlights ₹500 crore loss to farmers from non-FCV tobacco overproduction, calls for unified National Tobacco Crop Regulatory Framework.
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Tobacco exports double; FCV farmer prices rise over 100% since 2020-21
15-Aug-2025 - 0 Comments.
Tobacco Board’s market reforms boost FCV farmer income and export revenue.
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Andhra Pradesh unveils strategy to promote 11 key crops as ‘Growth Engines’
14-Apr-2025 - 0 Comments.
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Farmers question WHO's unsubstantiated recommendation on substituting tobacco with alternative crops
04-Jun-2023 - 0 Comments.
Farmer associations across India have questioned a recent recommendation by the World Health Organization (WHO) to substitute tobacco with alternative crops.
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Stable taxes on tobacco products critical for the survival of FCV tobacco growers
12-Jan-2023 - 0 Comments.
Federation of All India Farmer Associations (FAIFA), a non-profit organization representing the cause of millions of farmers and farmworkers of commercial crops across the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Gujarat, etc. in their pre-budget appeal to Finance Minister, Smt Nirmala Sitharaman have requested to treat tobacco crop like any other agricultural produce and not put additional burden of taxes on legally manufactured products in India as that would have an adverse impact on tobacco farmers .
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Tomar inaugurates administrative building of Krishi Vigyan Kendra
11-Jun-2022 - 0 Comments.
The Administrative Building of Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Kandukur in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh, affiliated with the Central Tobacco Research Institute of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, was inaugurated by the Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar recently.
