Why we should buy Afghan pomegranates - Telegraph

Pomegranates have long been the pride of Afghan agriculture, but have now become a weapon in international-led efforts to curb opium production and fight the rural poverty that is feeding the Taliban insurgency. Demand for the fruit has risen steeply in the West on the back of its fabled health-giving properties. Now, American agricultural advisers are working with the Afghan government to help farmers tap that demand and earn an alternative livelihood to poppy cultivation by showing how, with marketing and packaging, they can raise prices.

Why we should buy Afghan pomegranates - Telegraph