[permaculture] alternatives to Poppies

DGilsen at aol.com DGilsen at aol.com
Mon Dec 17 15:02:20 EST 2007


 
In a message dated 12/17/2007 11:19:43 A.M. US Mountain Standard Tim,  
seaseal at got.net writes:


>  Do any of you have suggestions as to what kinds of plants Afgans and 
>  Iraqis can grow that will provide an income comparable to poppies? 
>  Someone from the US military has asked me to do some research and see 
>  if there are herbs they can help them get started growing with. He was  
> interested in ginseng, but that won't grow there. It has too specific  
> a requirement and the profit in growing it comes from the Chinese  
> demand for wild or wild appearing US roots and the demand won't be  the 
> same for ginseng grown in fields. I am not familiar with the  growing 
> conditions of that region of the world. Will the Indian  Ayurvedic 
> herbs grow there? They want to grow something they can  export to the 
> global market, I  believe.
>



Try Saffron . Pound for pound most expensive  spice in the  world.



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