Subject: Re: [permaculture] alternatives to Poppies
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:02:20 EST
In a message dated 12/17/2007 11:19:43 A.M. US Mountain Standard Tim,
seaseal@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.