Above, poppy fields flourish
alongside legal crops in northern Afghanistan. Poppy requires ten times as much
labor as wheat, and some farmers who have been provided with high-yield seed,
micro-credit loans, and marketing development for legal crops have been
persuaded to cease poppy production.
Thorne Anderson/Corbis
Thorne Anderson is a photojournalist and assistant professor at the Mayborn School of Journalism at the University of North Texas.
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