Tobacco field in Vinales National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Tobacco field in Vinales National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Tobacco farm, France, Europe

Tobacco field in Vinales National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Tobacco plantation, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

View over Vinales valley towards tobacco plantations and Mogotes, from Hotel Los Jasmines, Vinales, Pinar Del Rio province, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Tobacco farm for Cuban cigars in Vinales, Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Tobacco farm for Cuban cigars in Vinales, Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Tobacco growing, cuba. Pinar del rio province, vinales

Tobacco farm for Cuban cigars in Vinales, Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Tobacco farm for Cuban cigars in Vinales, Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Tobacco farm for Cuban cigars in Vinales, Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Tobacco farmer proudly displaying dried tobacco leaves, Pinar del Rio, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Tobacco farmer holding dried tobacco leaves, Pinar del Rio, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Tobacco leaves drying in a barn, Pinar del Rio, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Tobacco farmer illuminated by the setting sun, Pinar del Rio, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Cuba. Growing tobacco, vinales. Pinar del rio province

Tobacco growing, cuba. Pinar del rio province, vinales

Tobacco farmer ploughing a tobacco field with oxen in Vinales, Pinar del Rio, Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Tobacco growing, cuba. Pinar del rio province, vinales

Tobacco being grown as a cash crop in Malawi, Africa.

Tobacco leaves drying, Alejandro Robaina Tobacco Farm, Pinar del Rio, Cuba, West Indies

Tabacco Plantation in the Outback, Punta Rucia, Dominican Republic

Kiln in tobacco field, Vinales, Pinar del Rio, Cuba, West Indies

Woman rolling cigar, tobacco farm, Vinales, Pinar del Rio, Cuba, West Indies

Side view waist up shot of farmer working at farm, Vinales, Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba

Side view of small group of busy tobacco farmers planting tobacco in field, Vinales, Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba

Portrait of mature man harvesting tobacco in plantation, Vinales, Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba

Side view shot of farmer working in field, Vinales, Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba

Farmer carrying log while working at farm, Vinales, Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba

Rear view shot of farmer carrying sack while working at farm, Vinales, Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba

A fruit vendor holds pineapples at his fruit stand in the in the Vinales Valley, in the Pinar del Rio Province of Cuba. The Vinales Valley has been on UNESCO's World Heritage List since November 1999 as a cultural landscape enriched by traditional farm and village architecture. Old-fashioned farming methods are still used in Vinales, notably to grow tobacco.

Pesticide spraying

MALAWI Farming Women working on tobacco farm.

Tobacco leaves drying and curing in a barn on a plantation in Pinar del Rio in the heart of Cuba's tobacco growing area, Cuba

Tobacco workers harvesting tobacco leaves on a plantation in Pinar del Rio in the heart of Cuba's tobacco growing area, Cuba