Myanmar: Myanmar's Opium Farmers Cling on to Lucrative Crop [Photos]

Feb 4, 2019 | Agence France-Presse
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Fields of purple opium poppy stretch across the pastures and peaks of mountainous eastern Myanmar, with many farmers reluctant to give up the profitable cash crop in spite of incentives offered. Myanmar is the second biggest source of opium in the world after Afghanistan, with Shan state its main production hub.