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Opium Fields

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Author : Ada Guntamala
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991

Opium Fields written by Ada Guntamala and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Drug abuse categories.

A State Built On Sand

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Author : David Mansfield
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016-05-01

A State Built On Sand written by David Mansfield and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-01 with Political Science categories.

Oscillations in opium poppy production in Afghanistan have long been associated with how the state was perceived, such as after the Taliban imposed a cultivation ban in 2000-1. The international community's subsequent attempts to regulate opium poppy became intimately linked with its own state-building project, and rising levels of cultivation were cited as evidence of failure by those international donors who spearheaded development in poppy-growing provinces like Helmand, Nangarhar and Kandahar. Mansfield's book examines why drug control - particularly opium bans - have been imposed in Afghanistan; he documents the actors involved; and he scrutinizes how prohibition served divergent and competing interests. Drawing on almost two decades of fieldwork in rural areas, he explains how these bans affected farming communities, and how prohibition endured in some areas while in others opium production bans undermined livelihoods and destabilized the political order, fuelling violence and rural rebellion. Above all this book challenges how we have come to understand political power in rural Afghanistan. Far from being the passive recipients of violence by state and non-state actors, Mansfield highlights the role that rural communities have played in shaping the political terrain, including establishing the conditions under which they could persist with opium production.

Opium

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Author : Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2010-03

Opium written by Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03 with Business & Economics categories.

Bitter, brownish and sticky, opium - the sap of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum - has been cultivated from the earliest of times.

On The Trail Of The Opium Poppy

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Author : Sir Alexander Hosie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1914

On The Trail Of The Opium Poppy written by Sir Alexander Hosie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1914 with China categories.

Opium Poppy Cultivation In The Golden Triangle

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006

Opium Poppy Cultivation In The Golden Triangle written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Opium poppy categories.

Opium Poppy Cultivation In South East Asia

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009

Opium Poppy Cultivation In South East Asia written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Opium poppy categories.

Let Them Eat Promises

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008

Let Them Eat Promises written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Balkh (Afghanistan : Province) categories.

In 2007, many pointed to the example of Balkh Province, where the reported area of opium poppy fell from 7200 hectares (ha) in 2005-06 to zero in 2006-07. Drawing on these area statistics, international agencies have claimed that incentives, and improvements in security and governance, preceded and led to the end of opium cultivation. Afghan officials offer a different interpretation of events and emphasise the failure to respond to the decline that has been achieved, effectively admitting that the closure was due to coercion. The field evidence presented in this report does not support claims that farmers' decisions to stop cultivating opium poppy stemmed from the provision of incentives or development -- nor does it find evidence of improved governance or security. If anything, conditions are worse. Moreover, the report discovered that the sudden closure of opium poppy cultivation in 2006 in Balkh has prompted a decline in livelihood security for many rural households, the effects of which have been compounded by the harsh winter and subsequent failure of the rains in early 2008. Prices for livestock have fallen by half since last year, fodder prices have risen, labour wage rates have dropped by two-thirds since 2006, and grain prices have doubled or more. Emigration from downstream villages has been significant; in some cases, 90 percent of the male labour force has left, reportedly mostly to Iran. Not only is labour leaving, but households are also closing up their houses and departing for Pakistan and elsewhere. In short, there is now acute livelihood insecurity in Balkh.

Opium Traders And Their Worlds Volume Two

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Author : M. Kienholz
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2008-10-13

Opium Traders And Their Worlds Volume Two written by M. Kienholz and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-13 with History categories.

Opium Traders-Volume Two continues the history of opium commerce at a point where the Sassoons of Persia, closely connected with the Rothchilds, won control of the trade. The Sassoons celebrated when the monopoly of the British East India Company was repealed; they used their business expertise and parliamentary connections in London to grab nearly 80% of the drug trade out of India. Connections with British royalty made possible their important involvement in securing Israel as the Jewish Homeland. The Sassoons' extensive holdings in India and China were encroached upon as a result of India's independence movement and China's takeover by communists. Indian independence strengthened the hold of the Parsee family of Tatas, who, in the 21st Century are advertising the development of a "People's car" estimated to cost about $2,500. China's takeover by communists, who now hold a monopoly of China's expansive opium trade, followed the Taiping and Boxer Rebellions and the revolution of Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-chek. These militant movements are summarized. Japan's exploitation of opium in the Manchuria-Manchukuo era, through secret societies, is detailed. The opium trade of East Asia and the Middle East is further elaborated in descriptions of the cultivation of poppies of Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Russia, Turkey, Burma, Vietnam, Afghanistan and Indonesian territories. Contemporary poppy fields of Mallinckrodt, opium and labor smuggling during the years of railroad building and Mafia activity in the United States are addressed.

Opium

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Author : James Barter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004

Opium written by James Barter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.

The sight of the colorful blooms of opium poppy fields masks a dark side unlike any other found in nature. Contained within the seedpod of the opium poppy is a gummy sap that is harvested and processed for use by millions of drug addicts. Opium, whether smoked, eaten, or injected, imparts a dreamy sense of relaxation and relief from pain. Known for thousands of years as a mystical pleasurable drug, it was not until the 1800s that scientists understood how opium affects the brain and its potential for harm to those addicted as well as for healing to those suffering pain. Thousands of tons of opium are illegally grown and shipped world-wide in a multi-national multi-billion dollar illicit industry. The consumption of this highly addictive drug has caused an epidemic of social problems in America while efforts by law enforcement appear incapable of stopping the flow and medical practitioners appear incapable of stopping the demand.

Opium Production And Consumption And Its Place In The Socio Economic Setting Of The Akha People Of North Western Laos

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Author : Michael Epprecht
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998

Opium Production And Consumption And Its Place In The Socio Economic Setting Of The Akha People Of North Western Laos written by Michael Epprecht and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Akha (Southeast Asian people) categories.