Despair or hope : rural livelihoods and opium poppy dynamics in Afghanistan / Paul Fishstein ; editing Ann Buxbaum ; layout Ahmad Sear Alamyar.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: (Synthesis paper)Publication details: Kabul, Afghanistan : Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU), ©2014.Description: viii, 55 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • Pamphlet HV5840. A23.
Contents:
Contents: Executive summary—1. Introduction—2. Methodology and caveats—3. Opium poppy in Afghanitsan—4. Main themes/findings : dynamics of opium poppy cultivation and rural livelihoods—5. Summary, policy implications and recommendations—Bibliography.
Summary: Summary: “AREU conducted field research in Badakhshan, Balkh, Helmand and Nangarhar provinces during the three agricultural years from 2010-11 to 2012-13, to explore the dynamics of opium poppy cultivation: the history of government policies and programmes and the ways in which these policies and programmes affected the ability of rural households to maintain their livelihoods…”—(page 1).
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Monograph Monograph Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University Pamphlet HV5840.A23.F57 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3ACKU000371848
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Cover title.
“August 2014”.

“12 years of high-quality research”—cover page.

“AREU research for a better Afghanistan”—cover page.

“Includes bibliography”—(pages 61-63).

Contents: Executive summary—1. Introduction—2. Methodology and caveats—3. Opium poppy in Afghanitsan—4. Main themes/findings : dynamics of opium poppy cultivation and rural livelihoods—5. Summary, policy implications and recommendations—Bibliography.

Summary: “AREU conducted field research in Badakhshan, Balkh, Helmand and Nangarhar provinces during the three agricultural years from 2010-11 to 2012-13, to explore the dynamics of opium poppy cultivation: the history of government policies and programmes and the ways in which these policies and programmes affected the ability of rural households to maintain their livelihoods…”—(page 1).

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