Hmmm, effectively the article says, “Day labourers can earn upwards of $US300 ($417) a month harvesting opium from the poppies.
Villagers usually depend on the promise of the upcoming poppy harvest to borrow cash for staples akin to flour, sugar, cooking oil and heating oil.”
With out an alternate crop to promote for this season, and ladies banned from working, it appears a whole bunch of 1000’s of individuals may starve as a substitute.