Living with opium: livelihood strantegies among rural highlanders in Southern Shan State, Myanmar

• Main Author: Khun Moe Htun
• Other Authors: Pinkaew Laungaramsri
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: เชียงใหม่ : บัณฑิตวิทยาลัย มหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่ 2020
• Subjects: Opium
• Online Access: http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/69725
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Myanmar (Burma) as the world’s second largest opium producer after Afghanistan accounts for 18 percent of global opium production. Opium cultivation chiefly occurs in rural upland Shan State where prolonged armed conflict and insecurity has existed for decades. This study examines the change in live...