The Diplomat9d
Getting Out of Afghanistan’s Opium Quagmire
According to the UNODC Afghanistan Opium Survey 2019, opium harvesting provided the equivalent of up to 119,000 full-time ...
The Indian Express15d
4 kg banned opium poppy crops seized from Pune village, woman held
The Maharashtra Police on Friday seized 66 opium plants, weighing four kilograms, illegally cultivated in a village in Pune district and arrested the landowner. The banned opium poppy crops worth ...
India Today17d
Fields of despair: How war is turning Myanmar into world's opium capital
A displaced resident works in an illegal poppy field amid clashes between Myanmar's military and the Karenni Nationalities Defence Force (KNDF) in Pekon Township, near the Karen State-Shan State ...
Asia News20d
Opium poppy cultivation booms making Myanmar top producer in the world
After the 2021 coup, Myanmar overtook Afghanistan with a production worth between US$ 589 million and US$ 1.57 billion. The economic crisis and war have pushed farmers and displaced people to turn ...
scmp.com20d
In Myanmar’s fields of fear, farmers sow opium poppies for survival
Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar’s remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as his only prospect in a country made barren by conflict. The 35-year ...
Tyler Morning Telegraph21d
Opium farming takes root in Myanmar's war-wracked landscape
Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as his only prospect in a country made barren by conflict. The 35-year ...