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Afghanistan: Why Grow Poppy

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 @ 03:50 UTC

by Adil Nurmakov

Countries:: Afghanistan
Topics:: Development, Governance, Humanitarian

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Joshua Foust analyzes approaches to the problem of opium production in Afghanistan, and says that addressing opium requires a vast, multi-dimensional approach, combining anti-corruption efforts, a massive influx of money, subsidization of food or other cash crops.

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