Afghanistan: Afghanistan Woos Farmers with Saffron to Sap Poppy Production [Photos]

Oct 31, 2017 | Hindustan Times
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The Afghan government and international aid agencies have been trying to wean farmers from the lucrative poppy cultivation and transition instead to saffron for a number of years. However, a steep returns barrier and lack of established market channels made progress slow with poppy and opium production still rampant.