Spain is the third biggest producer of tobacco in Europe. Around 90 per cent of Spanish tobacco is grown in Extremadura, providing an income to around 20,000 families in the region.
Updated: August 19, 2014, 12:00 AM
In pictures: Tobacco farming in Spain
A worker uses a tobacco harvester on a farm on August 14, 2014 near Tietar, in Extreamdura region, Spain. Pablo Blazquez Dominguez / Getty Images
Workers load ripe tobacco leaves on to a stove for drying during the tobacco harvest. Pablo Blazquez Dominguez / Getty Images
A worker carries ripe tobacco leaves during the tobacco harvest on a farm on August 15, 2014 near Valverde de la Vera, in Extreamdura region, Spain. Pablo Blazquez Dominguez / Getty Images
Workers load ripe tobacco leaves on to a stove for drying during the tobacco harvest on August 15, 2014 near Losar de la Vera, in Extreamdura region, Spain. Pablo Blazquez Dominguez / Getty Images
Workers prepare dark tobacco plants to be hung at a traditional tobacco drying warehouse during the tobacco harvest on August 14, 2014 near Jarandilla de la Vera. Pablo Blazquez Dominguez / Getty Images
A worker drinks water from a ‘botijo’ (traditional pot jug) as he works during the tobacco harvest on a farm on August 15, 2014 near Valverde de la Vera. Pablo Blazquez Dominguez / Getty Images
Workers prepare dark tobacco plants to be hanged at a traditional tobacco drying warehouse during the tobacco harvest. Pablo Blazquez Dominguez / Getty Images
Dark tobacco plants hang upside down inside a traditional tobacco drying warehouse during the tobacco harvest. Pablo Blazquez Dominguez / Getty Images
Workers load the trailer of a farm tractor with dark tobacco plants during the tobacco harvest on a farm on August 14, 2014 near Jarandilla de la Vera. Pablo Blazquez Dominguez / Getty Images
A worker selects and collects ripe tobacco leaves from the bottom of the plants during the tobacco harvest on a farm on August 15, 2014 near Valverde de la Vera. Pablo Blazquez Dominguez / Getty Images
A worker drives a ‘gua-gua’ (farm tractor trailer used for tobacco) during the tobacco harvest. Pablo Blazquez Dominguez / Getty Images
Workers prepare dark tobacco plants to be hung at a traditional tobacco drying warehouse during the tobacco harvest. Pablo Blazquez Dominguez / Getty Images
Workers prepare dark tobacco plants to be hung at a traditional tobacco drying warehouse during the tobacco harvest. Pablo Blazquez Dominguez / Getty Images