Myanmar Farmers Shift to Poppy Cultivation Amid Political Turmoil 🌱

Myanmar farmers turn to growing poppies as main source of income

Amid Myanmar's conflict and political instability, many farmers turn to poppy farming as their main source of income, extracting opium resin that's refined into heroin for global trade, resulting in Myanmar becoming the world's largest producer in 2023, surpassing Afghanistan.

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