Afghanistan: Seeds of Hope: Why Afghan Farmers No Longer Give a Fig for Poppies

Feb 24, 2019 | Sayed Salahuddin, Arab News
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For decades, Afghanistan’s opium harvests earned the country worldwide notoriety. Now it is winning a global reputation with a very different export — fresh and dried fruit. According to officials at Afghanistan’s Chambers of Commerce and Industries (ACCI), dried and fresh fruit make up 70 percent of exports worth $850 million in the past 11 months.