A former WFP representative in Vientiane, Christa Rader, concludes that massive development programmes will be needed to help former opium-growers find other ways of making ends meet.

• 阿富汗仍然是世界上最大的非法鸦片生产国，其产量远超缅甸2008年据估计约410吨的产量。但金三角明年的鸦片产量肯定要大幅攀升。