Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as ...

poppy seeds are the seeds of a poppy flower—specifically the papaver somniferum. This variety, also known as a breadseed or ...

For those displaced by relentless conflict in the world’s biggest producer of opium, poppy farming offers a fragile lifeline.

So we don’t predict an alleviation in the motivation to continue to grow opium.” “It’s very important for the international community to do what it can to support farming communities ...

By contrast, most small farmers were forced to turn their opium into cash immediately in order to recoup their outlays on seeds and fertilizer, and to feed their families. They have now lost a key ...

For farmers displaced by conflict, the hardy poppy is the only thing that keeps them from starving. Read more at straitstimes ...

Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote ... "Everyone thinks people grow poppy flowers to be rich, but we are just trying hard to get by," he told AFP in rural Pekon township ...

Pekon (Myanmar) (AFP) – Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as his only prospect in a country made barren ...

"Everyone thinks people grow poppy flowers to be rich ... Displaced and desperate - Myanmar's opium production was previously second only to Afghanistan, where poppy farming flourished following ...