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mansfieldintinc.bsky.social @mansfieldintinc.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Poppy cultivation figures from @alcis.org for 2025 covering 6 provinces that were responsible for 80% of cultivation in 2022. Shows increase but not as dramatic as rumoured. Highlights the importance of genuinely mixed methods for generating robust evidence base for policy making

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Richard Brittan @richardbrittan.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Patterns of poppy cultivation varied across Helmand province this year. @mansfieldintinc.bsky.social explains in this article (www.alcis.org/post/opiate-...) that in accessible areas, poppy fields remained small & isolated. In remote areas, poppy fields were visible from the road & more contiguous.

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Richard Brittan @richardbrittan.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Update on the Taliban's drug ban from @mansfieldintinc.bsky.social, looking at factors for continued opiate supplies; inventories in southwest Afghanistan, cultivation in Badakhshan, improved processing techniques, & increases in poppy cultivation in Pakistan in 2025. www.alcis.org/post/opiate-...

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Opiate supplies continue despite the Taliban drugs ban

While many argue that a shift into synthetic opioids downstream in Europe is a function of a shortage of opium in Afghanistan caused by the Taliban drugs ban, opium prices in Afghanistan have been fal...

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mansfieldintinc.bsky.social @mansfieldintinc.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

1/4 Blog @lawfaremedia.org with @alcis.org funded by @XCEPT It focuses on the transformative effects of solar power: how it has supported Afghan farmers cope with climate change but ultimately how its expansion now threatens the livelihoods of 3.65 million people www.lawfaremedia.org/article/unde...

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mansfieldintinc.bsky.social @mansfieldintinc.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

1. With the ephedra season now drawn to a close & the poppy planting season in full swing, it is an ideal time to assess the impact of the Taliban drug ban on the methamphetamine & opium industries, & the implications for the rural economy, & the political stability of Afghanistan.

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