TY - BOOK AU - Fishstein,Paul ED - Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU). TI - Despair or hope : : rural livelihoods and opium poppy dynamics in Afghanistan / T2 - (Synthesis paper) AV - Pamphlet HV5840. A23. PY - 2014/// CY - Kabul, Afghanistan : PB - Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU), KW - Drug control KW - Afghanistan KW - Opium trade KW - Narcotics, Control of KW - Afghanistan. KW - History KW - Drug abuse KW - Prevention KW - Drug traffic N1 - Cover title. “August 2014” ; “12 years of high-quality research”—cover page; “AREU research for a better Afghanistan”—cover page; 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 N2 - 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) ER -