On the bright side …
Posted by gigantichound on 26 Apr 2008 at 01:07 pm | Tagged as: Current Events
Afghanistan’s opium crop is forecast to fall by up to a half this year after 2007′s record harvest, counter-narcotics officials in Kabul said, as evidence emerged that some poppy farmers are switching to legal crops because of rising food prices.“Anecdotally, a lot of farmers have calculated that, with wheat prices being what they are, they can make money out of planting wheat,” (Brigadier Andrew MacKay) said.
I read that too in the FT. I have a feeling the decrease in crops has more to do with the weather than a rise in the price of wheat, whatever the Polyana Brigadier Andrew MacKay says. Somehow a kilo of heroin is always going to fetch more than a weaks supply of flour. Jeff
Unlikely. I can go decades without heroin, but only a few days without toast.