Evidence from the Field: Understanding Changing Levels of Opium Poppy Cultivation in Afghanistan
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Levels of opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan’s provinces and districts rise and fall depending on a range of factors that are not well understood. Declines in cultivation are often attributed to the political commitment of the provincial and local authorities and the role of information campaigns, while the underlying power and economic dynamics that drive these changes receive little attention. Claims of success in reducing the area under cultivation in some areas during 2006-07 fail to account for how households have substituted the role played by opium poppy in the household economy.
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