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Promoting Perfume, Not Poppies, in Afghanistan

by NPR (reposted)
Wed, Jun 4, 2008 7:47AM
Wednesday, June 4, 2008 : In recent years, poppy production has skyrocketed in Afghanistan. A group of businessmen has been trying to offer an alternative, by urging farmers to grow flowers for perfume instead of for drugs. It has been a frustrating and costly project.
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§Rubin: NPR -- Poppies to Perfumes in Afghanistan
by Informed Comment Global Affairs (reposted)
Wed, Jun 4, 2008 7:04AM
From a Wednesday, June 4, 2008 entry on Informed Comment Global Affairs, a group blog run by Juan Cole, Manan Ahmed, Farideh Farhi, and Barnett R. Rubin


Ivan Watson of National Public Radio broadcast a story from Jalalabad this morning about Gulestan's effort to develop the essential oil and fragrance industry in Afghanistan

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