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<title><![CDATA[Rise in Afghan poppy farming fuelled by high opium prices]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Guardian: The Guardian: The amount of Afghan farmland planted with opium poppies has increased by nearly 20% this year, after high prices in 2011 tempted more farmers into growing the drug. Blight and bad weather meant the harvest of opium in the world's biggest producer of &#8220;black gold&#8221; fell by a third, according to the United Nations annual opium survey. But in the longer run that shortage could help keep prices near record highs, fueling further expansion of poppy farming.]]></description>
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