What happens if drug traders start offering a higher price to licensed farmers for their poppy harvests?
A. In a Poppy for Medicine project, licensed farmers will receive USD 130 per kilo of raw poppy material: in 2008 drug traders offered farmers just USD 70 per kilo at harvest time for fresh opium. As well as this extremely competitive price, village-based Poppy for Medicine projects will provide farmers and other project participants with stable employment and greater long-term security within Afghanistans growing legal economy. Field research shows that the majority of farmers would prefer to earn a stable income within the legal economy rather running the significant risks associated with the illegal opium market. These risks include the threat of poppy crop eradication, pressure from drug traffickers, and paying bribes and protection money.
Related Questions
- Aetna RX charges like price for brand drug Altace and Ramipril which is the Generic. Is this officially recognized?
- How will the equilibrium be achieved? Who sets the price, and what happens if there is disequilibrium trading?
- When did Shoppers Drug Mart complete its initial public offering and what was the issue price?
