The biggest factor in whether farmers grow opium is the level of Taliban insurgency.

It is the gate to the Tierra Caliente, where cartels grow opium and marijuana.

Their only chance is to grow opium.

And then he just died disappointed, Moe Mohm said, leaving her to grow opium and raise girls.

Perhaps grow opium in the hills?

A growing number of criminal groups in Guerrero are battling over territory used to grow opium poppies for heroin production.

Most were friendly, if a bit stand-offish, working in fields that grow opium poppy, marijuana, wheat, alfalfa and some vegetables.

Much of the best arable land is also used to grow opium, the raw material for heroin, adding to the food shortage.

He said the United States and other nations had to step up efforts to provide alternative livelihoods for farmers who grow opium poppies.

This year, 123,000 hectares were used to grow opium poppy, compared to 157,000 hectares in 2008, the UNODC said.

I once grew opium poppies in my garden-yes ,withfelonious intent.

Now comes the question: when the fields are lush again in spring, will farmers be growing opium poppy or wheat?

Ms Ley said it would allow cultivation similar to the way Tasmania has grown opium poppies for the world's morphine market.

The airport and agricultural development in the province is part of a larger counter-narcotics strategy to get farmers to switch from growing opium.

Aid denied Burma says it needs money to make ensure that the farmers plant alternative crops and do not go back to growing opium.

Two years ago, a farmer growing opium could earn 10 times as much as a farmer growing wheat on the same piece of land.