Opium Policy

The policy I plan to advocate in my essay is proposed by two students (Doctoral and Masters) that are members of a think tank called Foreign Policy in Focus. They propose a solution that is not as simple as aerial spraying of opium crop etc., but they approach it in a more logical way and from a political perspective.
They suggest that the first thing to do is give the Afghan farmers incentive to farm crops other than opium. They say that one of the main reasons the Afghani farmers choose to farm opium is because they need the money. They further discuss that money is donated to the farmers to aid them, but it never reaches them because of the corrupt officials in Afghanistan. Their policy calls for the president of Afghanistan to "clean up" his political system, to ensure that the farmers will recieve the money that they so desperately need.
Another aspect of the solution they present is to draw farmers away from Taliban involvement or being recruited into the Taliban by Taliban recruiters. The proposal is that the Taliban can be brought out of the farming Industry, and then it is up to the Afghan government how they want to deal with the Taliban.
This seems to me like it is the best solution, because it is totally reasonable and there is no great error with the logic involved. The other solutions, such as legalization or aerial spraying have bad side effects. There is no quick and easy solution to this problem, and it will take a lot of bargaining and dealing with the farmers, government and Taliban, but this way a solution can be met.