And it has rich soils too. The weather conditions, with a nearly permanent cloudy sky, provide a natural shade, protecting the wrapper plants from sunshine and allowing the tobacco to grow thin and light. Ecuador supplies Connecticut and Sumatra type wrappers to many cigar factory in the world. Cameroon ameroon wrappers are grown in the East part of the country. The growing area spreads over the eastern border, into the Central African Republic.
Wrappers are air grown, without fertilizers and pesticides, by small farmers.
The average plantation size is about one acre. Grown first for French Monopoly needs, the tobacco was offered on the international market when production was too large for this single use. Well appreciated by European manufacturers and large American cigars companies, Cameroon wrapper production dropped down during the late 80's, due to poor management. Today, quantities are small and quality could be better. Dominican Republic ominican Republic is a traditional tobacco-growing country.