The Tobacco Board has bagged the Golden Leaf Award for "its most impressive public service initiatives" in the sector. Tobacco Board Chairman K. Gopal said it was the first Government organisation or agency to bag the prestigious award and "the credit goes entirely to the enterprising tobacco farmers of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka." He received the award recently in Washington at an international conference held by the Global Tobacco Network Forum (GTNF) to discuss the emerging issues in the tobacco sector.
The initiatives taken by the Tobacco Board in extension activities, reduction of pesticide residues, introduction of good agricultural practices and introduction of e-auctions in AP and Karnataka came in for high praise at the conference, he said.
The GTNF was launched in 2008 by Tobacco Reporter to bring together various stakeholders in the sector and discuss issues. The Golden Leaf Award was sponsored by BMJ group, a leader in paper products.
About Award:
The first edition of the Golden Leaf Awards took place in 2006, in Bali, Indonesia. The most recent one took place this fall in Cape Town, South Africa during the Global Tobacco Networking Forum.
Awards are granted on an annual basis to companies that have achieved outstanding performance in five categories—most impressive public service initiative; most promising new product introduction; most exciting newcomer to the industry; most outstanding service to the industry; and the BMJ most committed to quality award.
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