Monday, September 09, 2013

In Afghanistan, USAID program helps grape farmers bear profitable fruit, but troubles loom -- For several years, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has worked to help small Afghan farmers shift from traditional local crops, such as wheat, into high-value exports. Improved grapes and nuts, they point out, can also out-earn opium poppies, which find eager buyers in the drug trade. - washingtonpost

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