La raccolta di foglie di tabacco nel nord della Macedonia

(ANSA) - ROMA, 25 AGO - epaselect epa11563898 An agricultural worker carries harvested Oriental tobacco leaves in a tobacco field, near the village of Zabrcani, near the city of Prilep, North Macedonia, 25 August 2024. About 40,000 North Macedonian families earn their living from the production of Oriental tobacco, which represents about 30 percent of the country's export of agricultural and food products. Considered as a strategic industry, the North Macedonian government subsidizes this production with one euro per kilogram. North Macedonia produces about 27,000 tons of tobacco per year, according to data from the State Statistical Office of North Macedonia. EPA/GEORGI LICOVSKI (ANSA).