Thierry Rostan is Global Coordinator, Alternative Development/Sustainable Livelihood, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

Moving Away from Illicit Crop Production Contributes to Socioeconomic Development, Peace and Stability

In October 2024, a group of women farmers from Myanmar visited hilltribe women farmers at Doi Inthanon, Thailand, to learn about sustainable agriculture. UNODC/Laura Gil
Coffee beans grown in Colombia, where alternative development has been a fundamental tool in peace-building efforts. UNODC/@unodcrocol
Off-farm vegetable production in Nimroz province, western Afghanistan. UNODC Implementing Partner/DACAAR
Thierry Rostan

Over the past two decades, UNODC has supported hundreds of thousands of families in finding dignified incomes away from illicit crops.

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