Conference

On 28 Nov 2012, the international conference Tobacco: a cash crop without alternative? took place in Berlin.

Download: Alternativen-Tagung Faltblatt [German, JPG, 1.4 MB]

Download: Alternativen-Tagung Faltblatt [German, PDF, 5 MB]

Documentation

Consequences of tobacco cultivation in Brazil, Kenya and Bangladesh:

Adriana Gregolin: Integrated Production System in Tobacco Growing in Brazil [Engl./Port., PDF, 1.5 MB]

Jacob K Kibwage: Environmental destruction in tobacco growing regions in Kenya [Engl., PDF, ca. 6 MB]

Farida Akhter: Tobacco and food security in Bangladesh [Engl., PDF, 5.5 MB]

Alternative options in Brazil, Kenya and Bangladesh:

Adriana Gregolin: National Diversification Programme in Brazil [Engl./Port., PDF, ca. 2 MB]

Jacob K Kibwage: Tobacco to Bamboo in Kenya [Engl. PDF, 11 MB]

Farida Akhter: Transition to food crops in Bangladesh [Engl. PDF, 4 MB]

Short term measures to improve working and living conditions:

Laura Graen: Short term improvements for tobacco workers in Malawi [German, PDF, 1 MB]

Corporate social responsibility of the tobacco industry:

Gary Fooks: Killing Me Softly: Corporate Social Responsibility in the Tobacco Industry [Engl., PDF, 0.5 MB]

On our channel alternatives2tobacco you can watch all presentations and interviews.

We organised the conference in co-operation with the Center for Research and Documentation Chile-Latinamerica FDCL in Berlin. Further partners were Forum on Environment & Development and the Smoke Free Forum.

Media partners were Neues Deutschland and Lateinamerika Nachrichten.

With financial support of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the EU, with kind support of  LEZ Berlin, as well supported by Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (EED) and the Foundation Umverteilen.