In many respects, opium is an ideal crop to grow in the uplands of southeast Asia. As Renard wrote in his 2001 account of Opium Reduction in Thailand:
Poppy grew well in the hills despite the poor tropical soils there. It required no advanced production technology nor did it need agricultural inputs such as chemical fertilizers or [...]
The social impacts of opium eradication
September 16th, 2008 by Andrew Walker · 2 Comments
Tags: Burma · Laos · Northern Thailand