Guns and roses: Afghan farmers enjoy sweet smell of success

Guns and roses: Afghan farmers enjoy sweet smell of success

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https://phys.org/news/2018-07-guns-roses-afghan-farmers-sweet.html

"I am very happy with this harvest of flowers," Sapai tells AFP as he stands among hundreds of blooming rose bushes.

Sapai is one of more than 800 farmers in the province bordering Pakistan benefiting from the "Roses for Nangarhar" project, a joint Afghan-German initiative set up in 2007 to encourage poppy growers to switch to a legal, money-making flower.