Follow @{0}FEEDBACKEMAILPRINTEASY READSHARE HIGHLIGHTS High levels of drug addiction Poppy eradication underfunded Farmers’ needs must be understood Alternative livelihood programmes generally failed KABUL, 4 July 2013 (IRIN) - Despite a surge in efforts to eradicate poppy farming, the country’s opium production is at close to record levels, prompting calls for a change in policy - from analysts, as well as farmers impoverished by attacks on their livelihood due to the current poppy policy. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime’s (UNODC) found a 154 percent increase in Afghan government poppy eradication efforts in 2012, yet cultivation actually increased - up 18...
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