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the use of fuelwood in curing tobacco leaves. The study finds that there are few alternatives to the dominant use of … fuelwood in tobacco curing in Karnataka in the medium term. While farmers incur some 10 percent higher costs, on average, from … Venturi furnaces and barn insulation. In addition to energy savings, the two technologies also bring down the cost of curing …