Originally posted by the Voice of America. Voice of America content is produced by the Voice of America, a United States federal government-sponsored entity, and is in the public domain. Replacing Poppies with Coffee in Myanmar by Daniel De Carteret The remote mountains of Myanmar's Shan state are home to the second-largest opium-producing region in the world. After a drop during the 2000s, production surged in the past eight years to feed an increasing demand for heroin in China. But farmers are now making less on the crop, and the U.N. is hoping many will make the switch to growing coffee. Daniel de Carteret reports for VOA from Taunggyi. __________________________________________________________________ [1]http://www.voanews.com/media/video/in-myanmar-replacing-poppies-iwth -coffee/2870399.html References 1. http://www.voanews.com/media/video/in-myanmar-replacing-poppies-iwth-coffee/2870399.html