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-Caveat Lector- "We have to understand that we are not going to do anything about it this year"
Understandable, since we didn't do anything about it last year.
Understandable, since the oil ain't flowing but the poppies are growing.
Understandable, since Afghan women are immolating themselves by the hundreds
in protest of "the more things change the more things stay the same".
Understandable, since both US presidential candidates are Skull and Bones,
and Kerry's middle name is Forbes, an old opium family. Plus ca change.
Understandable, since this article comes from Washington, not Afghanistan.
Understandable, if being connected means never having to say you're sorry
for poppies or no wmd.
-Bob
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April 28 — By Randy FabiWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Afghan farmers are expected to harvest 50 percent more poppy plants this year, hindering the government's efforts to curb opium trade, a top U.S. Agriculture Department official said on Wednesday.
USDA Deputy Secretary Jim Moseley, who traveled to Afghanistan last week to review its agricultural development, said the world's leading producer of opium could only hope to turn the tide on poppy production beginning next year. Poppy plants are used to make heroin and morphine.
"We have to understand that we are not going to do anything about it this year in terms of (Afghan poppy) production," Moseley told reporters. "What we have to do is look at what we may be able to do in 2005."
Moseley recommended Afghanistan provide farmers easier access to financing and loans through local banks.
Afghan farmers, which represent 80 percent of the population, must also be presented with better crop alternatives -- such as spices and fruit, Moseley said.
"You've got to get their family income so it is not dependent on growing poppy seeds," he said.
The United Nations estimated Afghan's poppy crop last year at a near-record 3,600 tonnes, more than three-quarters of global supply. Under the USDA's estimate, this year's poppy crop would be about 5,400 tonnes.
Opium production has complicated the task of restoring central government authority in Afghanistan, enabling warlords to run small armies and it gives them an extra financial incentive to retain their autonomy.
"The money is not flowing into the government from poppies," Moseley said. "Some of it ultimately flows into those individuals that use it for terrorist activities."
The Taliban had almost eradicated poppy production in its final year in power.
After the Taliban were ousted by U.S. forces in late 2001, farmers returned to growing opium poppies because they were a more lucrative crop.
During the one week trip, the USDA delegation met with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and several other government ministers.
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