8.05.2007

Republicans: The farmers' friends

Unsurprisingly, poppy production in Afghanistan has risen again this year, with the country now supplying 95% of the world's crop.
Link: The Newshoggers: Poppies

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

From Wikipedia: Millions of Afghans depend on poppy cultivation for their livelihood, and alternative development programmes have not been put in place by the international community to replace lost livelihoods. Some have suggested that eradication has failed ....

Ted Compton said...

Go on. Failed?