Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as his only prospect in a country made barren by conflict. The 35-year ...

Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as his only prospect in a country made barren by conflict. The 35-year-old ...

Displaced and desperate - Myanmar's opium production was previously second only to Afghanistan, where poppy farming flourished following the US-led invasion in the wake of the September 11 ...

Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar’s remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as his only prospect in a country made barren by conflict. The 35-year ...

The economic crisis and war have pushed farmers and displaced people to turn to opium poppy cultivation, despite the meagre earnings. The flow of money finances both the military junta and ethnic ...

The response is a tangled tale that moves from opium’s use as a sex drug and the varieties of poppy in India to a discussion of the Greek and Arabic etymology of its name. De Orta also tells stories, ...

Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as his only prospect in a country made barren by conflict. The 35-year ...

Annual plants are those which grow, flower, and set seed and die all in one year. They are synonymous with summer – think of cornflowers, sweet peas, love-in-a-mist, and sunflowers. If you start your ...

BEAUTY fans are going wild and racing to Aldi for the new Le Labo perfume dupes. So if you want to smell fresh but are on a budget, then you’ll need to check this out. Many shoppers will know that ...

Sow seeds indoors on a heated propagator to speed up germination or, if time is tight, wait until next month and buy ready-to-plant plug plants from the garden centre. When to harvest: June to October ...