Myanmar: Myanmar to Try Growing, Exporting More Coffee as Alternative to Opium

Mar 25, 2019 | Thiha Ko Ko, Myanmar Times
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Last week, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and French coffee company Malongo together launched a high-quality coffee, Shan Mountain Coffee from Myanmar, in France. Produced in Shan State, Shan Mountain Coffee is being cultivated as a substitute to opium under the UNODC’s Alternative Development Programme.