The Agricultural Research and Extension Trust (Aret) says it is uncovering more tobacco varieties that will be customised to Malawian environment. | NationThe existing local varieties, which the research centre produced, are for burley, flue cured and dark-fire cured tobacco. Changaya said Aret is conducting a research in which they have tentatively discovered more tobacco varieties that will add on to the list. “The varieties will be unveiled later in the coming two or more years.”In a separate interview, Tobacco Farmers Association of Malawi president Abel Kalima-Banda urged farmers to grow locally-bred tobacco seed varieties. He said: “There is no need for farmers to grow imported tobacco seed varieties when local ones do better than them.