B. whereas tobacco growing directly employs 284 000 workers, 170 000 of them being farmers, 30 000 being involved in the first processing and 84 000 in the second; whereas the disappearance of the crop would leave virtually all of them jobless, since there are no alternative agricultural and industrial activities available; (rest deleted)
B. considérant que cette culture occupe 284.000 personnes, à savoir 170.000 agriculteurs, 30.000 transformateurs directs et 84.000 transformateurs indirects, et que sa disparition les condamnerait pratiquement toutes au chômage, faute de possibilités de reconversion agricole et industrielle,