Traditionally the majority of Afghans were employed in agriculture. Before the war it was estimated that 60-80 per cent of all Afghans relied on farming and its support structure for survival. However, environmental damage during the war degraded much of the land and intensive replanting will be needed to bring it back to its previous condition. With virtually no infrastructure to transport crops from some of the remote regions, poor central government legal control and few processing plants, the easiest and most lucrative crop to grow and sell is currently opium.