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Contributed.
with Local Stakeholders.
of Multistate Efforts.
of Volunteers Engaged.
Number of producers who implemented on-farm trials for tobacco production |
51 |
Number of producers who used Extension information to select varieties of tobacco with appropriate disease resistance |
581 |
NNumber of producers who participated in Tobacco GAP training |
897 |
Number of producers achieving iTobacco GAP certification |
420 |
Tobacco GAP ensures quality products and consumer confidenceThe tobacco industry has been under a lot of scrutiny over the past twenty years. Concerns of major health effects and a link to known carcinogens has lead the tobacco industry to take measures that will boost consumer confidence in the products that they are purchasing.One such measure is the tobacco Good Agriculture Practices program. Tobacco companies, producers, the cooperative extension service, and GAP Connections have been workin...
