Weaning people off the opium here was not that difficult, because it only yields about 8 kg (18 lb) per hectare.
Quotes about hectare (4 Quotes)
We are trying to address those two things and get systems that produce more per hectare and help farmers reduce their labor times.
We can get fuel from fruit, from that shrub by the roadside, or from apples, weeds, saw-dust - almost anything There is fuel in every bit of vegetable matter that can be fermented. There is enough alcohol in one year's yield of a hectare of potatoes to drive the machinery necessary to cultivate the field for a hundred years. And it remains for someone to find out how this fuel can be produced commercially - better fuel at a cheaper price than we know now.
For many years the National Pretend Speed Limit was fifty-five miles per hour (metric equivalent 378 kilograms per hectare.)