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I share the hon. Gentleman’s passion for ensuring that our development work in Afghanistan is effective. He will be aware that we have done a significant amount of work in relation to livelihoods and economic development both in Kabul and, critically, out in Helmand. I am happy to write to him with further details on that.
I share the hon. Gentleman’s passion for ensuring that our development work in Afghanistan is effective. He will be aware that we have done a significant amount of work in relation to livelihoods and economic development both in Kabul and, critically, out in Helmand. I am happy to write to him with further details on that.
Is it still part of DFID’s strategy to try to reduce opium production in Helmand province, and if it is, can we have an update on the progress?
Is it still part of DFID’s strategy to try to reduce opium production in Helmand province, and if it is, can we have an update on the progress?
Is it still part of DFID’s strategy to try to reduce opium production in Helmand province, and if it is, can we have an update on the progress?
I share the hon. Gentleman’s passion for ensuring that our development work in Afghanistan is effective. He will be aware that we have done a significant amount of work in relation to livelihoods and economic development both in Kabul and, critically, out in Helmand. I am happy to write to him with further details on that.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the effect of British intervention on the level of opium production in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, since 2001.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the effect of British intervention on the level of opium production in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, since 2001.
In the early years of the intervention it is clear the International Community underestimated the complexity of the problem and the length of time needed to address the drugs trade and build up the capabilities of the Afghan Government after three decades of civil war. Achieving a permanent reduction in opium cultivation will take decades; it needs a strong Afghan lead supported by effective regional and international action. Despite falls in cultivation between 2007 and 2010, the narcotics trade in Helmand remains strong and entrenched in the political, social and economic fabric of the province. Ongoing challenges of poverty, insecurity and effective rule of law continue to create the conditions where some communities are dependent on opium cultivation to survive. Helmand is particularly susceptible to this problem due to its relatively porous border with Pakistan which is exploited by smugglers, and its history of opium production. This however should not detract from the progress made in security, political participation, improvements in education and health care that have been achieved in Helmand with the support of the UK.
Significantly reducing opium production in Helmand will require a generation of effort and Afghan will. The UK will continue to support efforts to provide a viable alternative to poppy cultivation in Helmand. We will do so through the Comprehensive Agriculture and Rural Development Facility (CARD-F), which promotes legal rural employment and income opportunities by increasing the profitability of local agriculture and small business.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate he has made of the levels of opium cultivation in the area within a 10-mile radius of Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate he has made of the levels of opium cultivation in the area within a 10-mile radius of Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, in each of the last three years.
The UK does not produce its own data on Afghan poppy cultivation, but contributes funding for the UN Office Drugs and Crime (UNODC), which conducts its own annual survey of opium production and cultivation across Afghanistan's 34 provinces. While UNODC opium cultivation figures do not specifically focus on the 10-mile radius around Camp Bastion, the 2013 UNODC Opium Survey reported 19,136 hectares of opium cultivation in the district of Nad' Ali, up from 8,038 in 2012 and 5,413 hectares in 2011. This is the closest district to Camp Bastion for which cultivation figures are available.
The 2013 UNODC Opium Survey reported that with 100,693 hectares in 2013 (48% of total cultivation in Afghanistan), Helmand remains Afghanistan's single largest opium-cultivating province. Cultivation in Helmand was estimated at 65,045 hectares and 63,307 hectares in 2010 and 2011, Ongoing challenges of poverty, insecurity and effective rule of law continue to create the conditions where some communities are dependent on opium cultivation to survive.
I wish to inform the House that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, together with the Ministry of Defence and the Department for International Development, is today publishing the 33rd progress report on developments in Afghanistan since November 2013.
On 20 November, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) announced the final list of...
I wish to inform the House that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, together with the Ministry of Defence and the Department for International Development, is today publishing the 33rd progress report on developments in Afghanistan since November 2013.
On 20 November, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) announced the final list of...
My right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (William Hague), has made the following written Ministerial statement:
I wish to inform the House that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, together with the Ministry of Defence and the Department for International Development, is today publishing the thirty-third progress report...
My right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (William Hague), has made the following written Ministerial statement:
I wish to inform the House that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, together with the Ministry of Defence and the Department for International Development, is today publishing the thirty-third progress report...