Their dividends have advanced at a compounded annual rate of at least 7% over the last five years, with a minimum estimated yield for the year ahead of 3%.
The federal government announces an opium policy every year which sets out the terms and conditions subject to which licenses for the cultivation are given out to individual growers, the areas where cultivation will be allowed, the prices at which the crop will be purchased by the government and the minimum qualifying yield for a license in the next crop year.