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Afghanistan's opium crop has doubled in two years to a new high, with the country almost the sole supplier of the world's deadliest drug, the
Marines landed in an Afghan opium field last month on the outskirts of Marja, where opium is the main crop of the area's farmers.
Afghanistan Opium Crop Sets Record. Opium production in Afghanistan, which provides more than 90 percent of the world's heroin, broke all
AP File photo from February 2010, shows Afghan policemen on patrol, as tractors destroying an opium poppy field in Nad Ali district, Helmand
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Record-breaking opium crop destabilises Afghanistan.
'Sharp drop' in Afghan opium crop. Afghanistan news: September 2nd 2009. This page is devoted to the particular event named above. You may use the
Drop in Afghan opium crop, but poor still at risk. Opium production in Afghanistan has fallen for a second year running with poppy cultivation down 22 percent
A year after a ban on opium trade and cultivation, Afghanistan still produces almost three-quarters of the world's opium, while high drug prices keep the crop
Afghanistan's opium crop, the source of billions of dollars in illicit profits to heroin traffickers and other criminal organizations, including terrorists
The U.S. military is all but abandoning the policy of destroying drug crops in Afghanistan, saying it is costing badly needed friends along the
Afghan opium cultivation has decreased by more than a fifth in a year, with the biggest fall in Helmand, the UN says.
scholars contributed, was to investigate the possibility that opium poppy crops in Afghanistan could be used to produce opium-based medicines such as
Many Afghan farmers say they grow poppy because it earns them significantly more income than any other crop, and because opium, which is
By Peter Graff KABUL (Reuters) - Efforts to persuade Afghanistan's farmers to stop growing illegal opium have failed in the past year, the United
The idea of 'legalising' Afghanistan's opium crop for medical use was back in the news this weekend. According to the Independent on Sunday, Tony Blair is
Reports of a "mysterious" fungus that has damaged opium poppy crops in Afghanistan have hit international headlines but on the ground the
In 2000, the Taliban banned opium production in Afghanistan, making it illegal to grow poppies. Any farmer caught cultivating the cash crop
Here, in the place where British troops are to spend the next three years, a combination of factors have conspired to produce what is probably
In Opium Brides, FRONTLINE correspondent Najibullah Quraishi to repay debts after the Afghan government destroys their opium crops.
Last year, 78 officials trying to eradicate opium crops were killed, six times the toll in 2007. "Afghanistan is the source of over 90 percent of the illicit opium in the
After several years of unofficial tolerance and profit from the crop, the Taliban virtually eradicated Afghanistan's opium crop, in 2000, after an edict by Mullah
According to the UN's Office on Drugs and Crime, farmer income derived from Afghanistan's opium crop in 2011 was $1.4 billion (1.09 billion
Afghanistan Harvests Another Bumper Opium Crop. By Sayed Yaqub Ibrahimi. MAZAR-e-SHARIF, Afghanistan, May 31, 2005 (ENS) - Due to plentiful rains
Opium can be refined into morphine which can subsequently be processed into heroin. The fortunes of Afghanistan's opium poppy crop greatly
them to give up opium production and cultivate other crops. However, it is important to recognise that in the context of Afghanistan governance is not just about
The Taliban in Afghanistan destroys their entire opium crop in January of 2001. The United States bombs, attacks and has occupied Afghanistan since Oct 2001.
Afghan government officials in Kabul say they'd like to start destroying crops immediately, but are holding back in Marjah because the town is
Russia has charged that the US is aggravating the worldwide HIV/AIDS problem by refusing to destroy opium crops in Afghanistan. In 2001
AFGHANISTAN'S world-leading opium cultivation rose a staggering 59 percent this year, the UN anti-drugs chief announced on Saturday in
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime says opium cultivation in Afghanistan has fallen by 22 percent as falling prices cause farmers to
With the Taliban removed from power in Afghanistan, the country continues to set record opium crops year on year. Though the US Government officially claims
Record Afghanistan opium crop to see cheap heroin flood Australia Afghanistan has harvested the biggest crop of opium ever grown.
Illicit opium production, now dominated by Afghanistan, was decimated in 2000 Poppy crop from the Malwa India (probably Papaver somniferum var. album)
We can assume that opium grows in Afghanistan because it has always There is a $3 billion dollar opium crop each year in Afghanistan, and
The MCN/UNODC Illicit Crop Monitoring activities in Afghanistan were made . Afghanistan Opium Winter Rapid Assessment 2011 (Phase 2)
Afghanistan's 2008 opium crop is expected to produce similar yields as last year's record of 8243 metric tons, according to the United Nations
Afghanistan's opium crop at an all-time high. by Jerry Mazza. Global Research, December 9, 2006. Online Journal - 2006-12-07. Email this article to a friend
Weather conditions in Afghanistan in 2009 were favorable for the opium crops that mark many of the province's mountain tops. The bumper crops, combined with
KABUL, Afghanistan — Revenue from opium production in Afghanistan soared by 133 Afghan poppy crop expected to shrink slightly (Sept.
The New York Times Magazine has an 7 page article on Afghanistan and the opium crop, with a headline asking if the country is a "narco state.
Afghanistan produces 90% of the world's opium crop worth about $3 billion annually. The heroin made from this opium is estimated to kill about
UN Drugs Agency Predicts Another Massive Afghan Opium Crop In 2008. Afghanistan will produce yet another massive opium crop this year, according to the
Opium cultivation in Afghanistan is likely to decrease in 2010, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said in a report released on
According to the UN's Office on Drugs and Crime, farmer income derived from Afghanistan's opium crop in 2011 was $1.4 billion (1.09 billion euros),
Afghan opium kills more people every year than any other drug on the planet, claiming up to 100000 lives annually, according to a United
Win the war on the Taliban or the war on drugs? Francoise Chipaux reports from Kabul on how NATO is conflicted between these two objectives.
US troops target poppy farming in Afghanistan A crop disease in Afghanistan took a major toll on the country's opium harvest this year, reducing
Afghanistan's standing as the world's leading opium producer will only A similar doubling of the opium crop in 1986-1987 from 350 to 850
Opium is an illegal drug, but Afghanistan's poppy crop is still grounded in networks of social trust that tie people together at each step in the
Opium crop eradication in Afghanistan has never worked except when the Taliban have undertaken it, and even then, while production was stopped in 2000,
THE ANNUAL AFGHAN opium crop is set to record bumper returns this year, providing a windfall that will finance the Taliban's war to eject unwelcome intruders,
Afghans' opium crop may double (EXCERPT) , By Jerry Seper THE WASHINGTON TIMES Afghanistan's opium crop, the source of billions of
US biological warfare against Afghan opium crops? A "mysterious" fungus that has damaged opium poppy crops in Afghanistan is sparking
Afghanistan's opium poppy crop is said to generate over $3 billion, more than half its GDP. And evidence is mounting that the money is funding the Taliban and
Record Opium Crop Funding Resurgent Taliban Going on seven years since U.S. troops invaded Afghanistan and sent the Taliban running,
Could Afghanistan's opium crop be legalised? 08 February 2008. This year's opium harvest in Afghanistan will be 'shockingly high', according to figures
Although the majority of households that cultivate opium poppy in Afghanistan utilise this system to some extent, the resource poor typically sell their entire crop
Afghan 2008 opium crop was second biggest: U.N. report. Afghanistan's opium harvest … 2008 … was … the second biggest on record,
Afghan opium crop down. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime says opium cultivation in Afghanistan has fallen by 22 per cent this year. Autoplay
With Taliban Gone, Afghans Look Forward To Bumper Opium Crop By Paul Harris in Peshawar The Observer - London 11-30-1
Ahmad managed to bring in just a quarter of his usual crop. Afghanistan produces nearly 90 percent of the world's illicit opium production,
Afghanistan Opium Survey and to the preparation of this report: The MCN/ UNODC Illicit Crop Monitoring activities in Afghanistan were made possible by
We could consider doing something crazy with all that opium, the only reasonably compensated cash crop many Afghan farmers can grow, and
In Afghanistan, Poppy Eradication Pits Russia vs. pursue aggressive aerial eradication operations against Afghanistan's opium poppy crops.
The Afghan opium crop this year is now estimated by the Financial Times to reach replanting of the opium crop in Afghanistan, the Guardian has learned.
KABUL - Opium cultivation in Afghanistan fell by 22 percent this year as prices for the drug tumbled causing farmers to switch to other crops, the
The UN says Afghanistan's opium harvest has more than doubled - making it the world's biggest producer.
On Jan 6, 2007, The Economist wrote this in Afghanistan's opium crop: Much gain, less pain: “Here is an even bolder idea: an American
Despite increased efforts to destroy fields of opium poppies and wean Afghan farmers off the country's biggest cash crop, poppy cultivation in
Afghanistan). It is now present in all 34 of Afghanistan's provinces, compared with only eight in 1994. Yet opium poppy is still very much a minor crop in terms of
farmer income derived from cultivation of the poppy crop was USD
Thousands of additional Marines flooding into Afghanistan's opium-growing interior won't go after those growing the crops, the commander in
Afghanistan's opium crop. Much gain, less pain. How one country's problem could ease the world's suffering. Jan 4th 2007 | from the print edition. Tweet
Record crop yielded 6100 tons of opium; enough to make 610 tons of heroin.
American narcotic agents have been working actively with the Afghans to find and destroy the poppy crops before the opium can be shipped
28 Mar 2010 of conniving with Afghanistan's drug producers by refusing to destroy opium crops, the second time in a week Moscow has taken a swipe at the.
Earnings from opium production in Afghanistan soared by 133 per cent last year to about $1.4 billion, or about one-tenth of the country's GDP, according to a
The United Nations predicts a strong increase in poppy cultivation in north and northeastern parts of Afghanistan, but a slight drop overall.
Afghanistan produces over 90% of the world's illicit supply of opiates, the key The UN estimates that up to 50% of Afghanistan's opium crops
In one year the Afghan opium crop was reduced 91%. This could very easily represent the most successful anti-drug campaign in the world.
Only a few months ago, UN and NATO officials were hailing a decline in Afghanistan's opium crop and, therefore, a drop in the supply of the
Afghanistan's opium crop reached a record high of 6100 tons last year. Accordingly, the calls for a harsher anti-drug strategy have intensified. Crop yields last
SHANE MCLEOD: It's by far Afghanistan's biggest cash crop and it's under threat from a mysterious disease. Opium poppies grown in
Opium cultivation: Afghanistan accounts for more than 90 percent of the world's opium crop. Although the amount of opium harvested in 2010 is
As long as opium fetches higher prices than other crops, the report in Afghanistan in a speech at the Australian National University last night.
Revenue from opium production in Afghanistan soared by 133
Opium cultivation in Afghanistan fell by 22 percent this year and prices for the drug tumbled causing farmers to switch to other crops, the United
Record-breaking opium crop destabilises Afghanistan. By Jon Hemming 'The great thing about opium is that it lasts for 20 to 30 years - it's like
The largest areas of opium poppy cultivation are in the violent south of Afghanistan, where it can be hard to make money on legal crops and where criminal
Now NATO is fighting a war to eradicate opium from Afghanistan. up counternarcotics squads, and financing alternative crops in Afghanistan.
UNODC anticipates another large opium crop in Afghanistan in 2008. TOKYO, 6 February 2008 - According to a report issued today by the United Nations Office
The report added that overall opium production in Afghanistan would potentially rise by 61 percent in 2011 as the crop yield per hectare rose
Opium production in Afghanistan fell by almost half this year, the United Nations says, but it warned that rising prices could convince farmers to
A recent UN report published in Pakistan claimed that Afghanistan's 1991 opium crop was already 2000 tons, while privately UN anti-drug officials predicted a
If we cannot help Afghan farmers replace the opium crop with something equally profitable, they will lose their livelihood and we will sow further
OPIUM poppy production in Afghanistan has hit record levels despite thepresence of 5000 | Article from The Daily Mail (London, England) August 28, 2007.
KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN — Under a wine-colored burqa that flows from the crown of her head down over her body, Khadija sat
Britain and the US have been accused of launching secret biological warfare on Afghanistan's poppy fields in a bid to blight the opium crop.
There are probably not many people who know U.S. troops in Afghanistan are being used to protect the Opium fields which is the main source
Opium crop grows near troop base. Half the fields surrounding the Australian base in Afghanistan are being used to grow opium poppies,
Quantities of opium produced in Afghanistan have reached “frightening record levels”, stated the United Nations earlier today. The country is
Opium poppy production in Afghanistan has hit record levels despite the presence of 5000 British troops, figures revealed last night. Helmand
Since the Taliban allegedly makes Afghanistan's opium business easy, offering credit, seeds and fertilizer to farmers
According to the UN's Office on Drugs and Crime, farmer income derived from Afghanistan's opium crop in 2011 was US$1.4 billion (S$1.8),
Rising opium prices may encourage farmers in Afghanistan to plant more of the narcotic crop, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Afghanistan's opium crop grew 59 percent from 2005 to 2006, according to UN reports, and officials expect a crop equal to if not greater than the 2006 crop in
KABUL (Reuters) - Opium prices in Afghanistan more than doubled last year after disease cut production in half, the United Nations said,
If you want to see the devastating impact of opium on Afghan society, . the military supports the opium crops, explanation : fighting the talibans
Afghanistan. Blight cuts 2010 Afghan opium crop, but earnings up. Report. —. Reuters - AlertNet. 30 Sep 2010 14:54:11 GMT. Source: Reuters
Ending the war in Afghanistan means many things to many different people. The casualties of direct conflict loom large But there are other
Afghanistan has once again become the world¾s leading producer of opium, Afghanistan that is quite similar to the one in Colombia, where crops are
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Then, in a rather chaotic Afghanistan, opium production resumed and grew . During the 2004-2005 crop year (8770 licensed hectares) MQY of 58 kg/ha in
Afghanistan produces a lot of the stuff; in the days of Taliban rule, opium was We could buy up the whole opium crop for less than the price of keeping 1000
The article reports on the projection by the United Nation (UN) concerning the opium crop in Afghanistan. According to U.N., the annual Afghan opium crop is set
In addition, Afghanistan's opium crop presents a direct threat to Allied populations at home. The statistics for 2005 are revealing. According to the UN Office on
Sadly, however, actions often contradict aims and no clearer example of this could be given than UN policy towards Afghanistan's opium poppy crop. With the
Afghanistan's 2008 opium crop is expected to produce similar yields as last year's record of 8243 metric tonnes, according to the United
Helmand, which produces a majority of Afghanistan's opium crop, saw cultivation decline by a third to less than 70000 hectares. The reduction
Opium crop grows near troop base Current Events. fields surrounding the main Australian base in Afghanistan are being used to grow opium
NYT/Reuters: U.N. Warns Surging Afghan Opium Crop to Spur Heroin Deaths.
U.S. efforts to eradicate Afghanistan's opium poppy crops, which cover an area about the size of New York City, have been "unsatisfactory,"
U.N. drug control officers said the Taliban religious militia has nearly wiped out opium production in Afghanistan -- once the world's largest producer -- since
The crop survey data helps Governments in their policy development and in planning how 2012-01-18 19:08:14.0 - Afghanistan opium survey 2010 - Russian
KABUL ( Reuters ) - Opium prices in Afghanistan more than doubled last year after disease cut production in half, the United Nations said,
Marjah Farmers Offered Cash to Destroy Opium Crop. 22 March 2010. Afghanistan Marines Offer Cash in Fight against Afghan Opium, Reuters, 21 March 2010
Russia is pressing the White House to to step up efforts to destroy Afghan poppy cultivation, which Moscow says is partly to blame for a
Afghanistan Opium Winter Rapid. Assessment, which provides an assessment of the amount of farmland devoted to the planting of the crop for
Afghanistan produces about 90 percent of the world's opium, which is used to make heroin. Fifty percent of Afghanistan's opium crop is
Afghanistan's record 2004 opium poppy crop were equivalent in value to 60% of the country's legitimate GDP. Some analysts suggest that drug-tainted warlords,
U.N. Warns of Huge Crop of Afghan Opium Poppies Carlotta Gall. The New York Times, 06 February 2008. (See report below). Afghanistan: Opium Winter Rapid
Similar to our Iowa farmer's ability to grow bountiful crops of corn. In Afghanistan, the Taliban own the roads, while the opium dollar fuels both the war and the
Opium poppy production in the Afghan provinces of Helmand and Kandahar is predicted to be down again this year, but elsewhere the news is
A crop blight destroyed much of Afghanistan's opium harvest last year causing a decrease in opium production and creating a simultaneous
Afghans' Opium Crop May Double; U.S. Fears Rising Terrorism Threat Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 2, 2004. Read Afghans' Opium Crop
Bumper opium crop in Afghanistan sows seeds of worry in Punjab - Various survey results pointing to at least 17 per cent rise in opium
The Taliban effectively wiped out opium crops in Afghanistan by 2000. That pissed off the western Illuminati and thus (amongst other reasons)
Opium production also climbed 61 percent this year. A crop blight destroyed much of Afghanistan's opium harvest last year causing a decrease
A SWINDON entrepreneur is waiting to hear whether his plan to replace Afghanistan's opium crop with pomegranate trees will be backed by
Disease wipes out Afghan opium crop Afghanistan.
A fungus has infected around half of Afghanistan's poppy crop, and is threatening to cut the nation's opium production this year by a quarter,
Afghanistan's largest and fastest cash crop is opium. Opium. Opium poppy is a hardy, drought-resistant plant easily grown in most parts of. Afghanistan, with a
British troops struggle against plant that hides insurgents and their homemade bombs.
Afghanistan's opium crop topped all records this year, producing some 93 percent of the world's supply of the drug. But while there has been a
The United States decided in March last year to shift its strategy on opium production in Afghanistan from eradication of crops to a broader
Pressured On Opium Crops, Many Afghan Farmers Switch To Cannabis. By Ron Synovitz Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. March 7, 2009. Opium-poppy
Afghanistan opium crop increases. Published on Wed Oct 12 06:00:00 BST 2011. Insecurity and rising opium prices drove Afghan farmers to increase cultivation
Both U.S. and U.N. anti-narcotics agencies say they have been receiving reports of a sharply reduced opium crop in Taliban-controlled areas of Afghanistan.
How To Win Afghanistan's Opium War. The best way The United States should buy Afghanistan's poppy crop instead of trying to eradicate it.
earn more money growing opium poppies than by raising legitimate crops and with less effort. According to United Nations estimates, Afghan farmers can earn
News: KABUL - Revenue from opium production in Afghanistan soared due to a plant disease that wiped out much of the opium crop in 2010.
The Taliban virtually eradicated Afghanistan's opium crop last season after an edict by Mullah Mohammad Omar, the Taliban leader. In July last year he said that
Could U.S. efforts to eradicate Afghanistan's opium crop actually amount to beating plowshares into swords by driving Afghan farmers, who have so far helped in
Afghanistan's opium crop sowing misery for women. September 26, 2008 | Houston Chronicle new window By Houston Chronicle. KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan's poppy harvest is expected to top all records this year as the country spirals deeper into a vicious circle of drugs, corruption and
According to the UN, farmer income derived from Afghanistan's opium crop in 2011 was $1.4 billion, representing 9 percent of GDP. The overall
Under a U.S. and NATO occupation that wiped out Opium trade has been revived . Reuters, Feb 19, 2009. Afghan 2008 opium crop was second
According to the survey, around 90 per cent of the world's opium comes from Afghanistan. The poppy-crop cultivation spread over 131000
Afghanistan's opium production declined by almost half this year due largely to the spread of a disease which damaged poppy plants, the UN's
One must doubt that they expected the Afghanistan opium trade to, at one with opium crops eventually reaching 4500 metric tons by 1999.
The 2006 Afghan Opium Survey, published by the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime, found production of the raw material for heroin hit a record 6100 tonnes,
Afghanistan's Opium Production Drops, but Will It Last? prices might increase and entice farmers to start growing the illicit crop again.
Stemming poppy cultivation in Helmand, which accounts for over a third of Afghanistan's opium crop, was seen as essential to the programme's
Old Silk Road is now Heroin Road: UN says Afghanistan's opium crop wreaks global havoc. Published: Wednesday, October 21, 2009, 4:03
Afghanistan's opium dilemma. James Emery Middle East Times 3.26.08. Afghanistan's annual opium crop is expected to rival last year's record yield to exceed a
The three flawed arguments that Mr Ellwood used when explaining why he currently does not support Afghan growing a licit opium crop for
Revenue from opium production in Afghanistan soared by 133 percent last year to about $1.4 billion, or about one-tenth of the country's GDP,
Opium remains, by far, the largest cash crop in Afghanistan. Opium production has increased steadily from 185 metric tons in 2001 to 8200 metric tons in 2007.
Tackling the ongoing and growing opium trade in Afghanistan must be a another illicit crop that propagates drug trade, while truly poppy-free
Similar to our Iowa farmer's ability to grow bountiful crops of corn. In Afghanistan, the Taliban own the roads, while the opium dollar fuels both
Global production of opium fell 38 percent in 2010 as plant disease hit crops in top producer Afghanistan, but output in second-largest producer
US envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke told members "The Western policies against the opium crop, the poppy crop, have
Region set to become world's biggest supplier · Cocaine consumption up in Europe, says UN report.
The West should buy Afghanistan's opium crop. Think Tank: Cheap heroin is beginning to appear on Britain s streets just a few months after a record crop of
The film examines who are the winners and losers as the crop finds its way to Opium exports from Afghanistan has increased exponentially since the US led
Afghan farmers who have watched their illicit opium poppy crop become damaged this spring say they are convinced U.S. secret agents have
Opium production in Afghanistan, which provides more than 90 percent of the world's heroin, broke all records in 2006, reaching a historic high
Illegal opium crops in Afghanistan have declined significantly as a result of “more aggressive” efforts by U.S. and NATO forces, according to an
Opium production soars in Afghanistan: UN. The overall opium crop increased by 61 per cent, from 3600 metric tons in 2010 to 5800 metric
The Afghanistan opium harvest dropped 48 percent this year, the United Nations announced. But analysts say the resulting higher prices could
WASHINGTON — Afghanistan's opium poppy crop this year is set to break all records, surging past the peak levels reported under the Taliban
Afghanistan opium crop blight sends drug prices soaring Filed by Curtis M. Wong |. What's Your Reaction? Important Fascinating Typical
Free Online Library: UNODC predicts stable opium crop in 2010. by "Pajhwok Afghan News (Kabul, Afghanistan)"; News, opinion and
There has been a remarkable drop in Afghanistan's opium crop, according to a United Nations report. Last year, the opium and poppy harvests
The opium poppy crops in Afghanistan have become affected by a mysterious fungus, which is said to have infected as much as 50 percent of
Millions Doled Out To Provinces That Have Cut or Eliminated Opium Poppy Growth.
1999. Bumper opium crop of 4600 tons in Afghanistan. UN Drug Control Program estimates around 75% of world's heroin production is of Afghan origin. 2000
Opium crop grows near Aussie troop base in Afghanistan surrounding the main Australian base in Afghanistan are being used to grow opium
Obama will not Eradicate Afghanistan Opium Crop. The Heroin produced by Afghanistan poppy crops end up on the streets of America killing
The New York Times reported on August 28, 2007 ("Second Record Level For Afghan Opium Crop") that "In Helmand Province, which produces more opium
"Well," Dyer commented, "the opium crop is booming - 3600 tonnes this . Farmers in Afghanistan are planting seeds for a new crop of opium
Then, in a rather chaotic Afghanistan, opium production resumed and . During the 2004-2005 crop year (8770 licensed hectares) MQY of 58
Taliban insurgents will generate at least $100 million from this year's opium crop in Afghanistan which will almost match the record harvest in
United Nations officials say they are "quite confident" their estimates are correct, showing a 20 percent drop in Afghanistan's opium crop for the
According to the UN's Office on Drugs and Crime, farmer income derived from Afghanistan's opium crop last year was US$1.4 billion,
BALA BALUK, Afghanistan--Opium fields ready for harvesting are the up poppy fields to prevent farmers from harvesting their opium crop.
More aggressive anti-drug efforts by U.S. and NATO forces have contributed to a significant decline in illegal opium crops in Afghanistan,
Afghan opium farmers are convinced that a fungus outbreak that has damaged poppy crops is US biological warfare. The Pentagon has
Afghanistan produces 90 percent of the world's opium. An Afghan farmer told MSNBC he had tried growing other crops, such as saffron,
Afghanistan opium crop blight sends drug prices soaring. The Christian Science Monitor. 09/30/2010. By Tom A. Peter. [Printer Friendly Version]
It's hardly news that Afghanistan's huge opium crops supply more than 90% of the world's heroin. But now U.N. officials say Afghanistan is also
In Afghanistan it has always been a part of the culture there to grow opium This opium crop, which as the US Military admits, soldiers now
Disease has wiped out almost half the Afghan opium crop this year, provoking a spike in heroin prices.
More than 3000 tons of fresh opium was harvested in Afghanistan last year from 82000 hectares under cultivation, according to the UN agency. This crop was
Afghanistan Opium Crop Threatens Europe. by Jimmy Burns and Carola Hoyos The Financial Times February 18, 2002. Afghan farmers are preparing to harvest
Najibullah Quraishi: Opium Brides is about how the government's program to destroy poppy crops is forcing many Afghan farmers into the
October 2010, a UNODC survey “Afghanistan opium production set to rise 61 per cent” reported the cultivation of the poppy crop reached
According to the UN's Office on Drugs and Crime, farmer income derived from Afghanistan's opium crop in 2011 was 1.4 billion USD (1.09 billion euros),
An unknown disease has destroyed almost a half of Afghanistan's opium crop, a source in the UN Office on Drugs and Crime said.
The report by the UN office on drugs and crime said: "An astonishing 50 per cent of the whole Afghan opium crop comes from one single
MAYWAND, Afghanistan -- Afghan farmers have begun harvesting this year's opium crop, exposing the limits of a U.S.-sponsored crackdown on the world's
Destroying the Afghan Opium Crops for Monsanto The occupation of Afghanistan will include a farming mix of opium and corporate genetically modified seed
Impoverished farmers are mostly the ones who grow opium poppies in Afghanistan. Any deliberate crop destruction carried out by the Afghan government often
UNODC predicts stable opium crop in Afghanistan. Report. —. UN Office on Drugs and Crime. 10 February 2010 (Kabul) - In a report issued
More posts about: Afghanistan. UN: Afghan opium crop continues to increase. Who could forget those early days, when the Bush administration
(AKI) - Afghanistan's opium harvest was almost halved as a widespread plant infestation took its toll on the war-torn country's largest source of revenue,
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10 February 2010 - In a report issued today, UNODC projects stable cultivation of opium poppy in Afghanistan this year (measured in hectares),
As Afghanistan struggles to cut its raging opium production, aid workers try to find alternative crops, but for some former poppy farmers the choice was easy
Earlier this year, the UN reported Afghanistan's opium crop almost halved in the past year. Afghanistan produces an estimated 90 per cent of
By David Loyn BBC international development correspondent Continue reading the main story Taliban Conflict Make-or-break year ahead
Despite efforts to eradicate Afghanistan's opium production, the problem keeps getting The US likewise prefers destroying poppy crops.
Afghanistan Opium Survey 2010, Winter Rapid Assessment efforts that seek to eradicate opium crops and chase down Taliban smugglers.
The new Afghan government has "largely failed" in its effort to eradicate the opium poppy crop in Afghanistan, which in recent years became the world's biggest
More than 90 percent of the world's opium comes out of Afghanistan, where poppy crops blanket the provinces of Helmand, Kandahar and
The largest areas of opium poppy cultivation are in the violent south of Afghanistan, where it can be hard to make money on legal crops and
Do you think the world would be a better place if Afghanistan's opium crop went into making opiates to kill pain rather than to fund warlords and
'Reports of a "mysterious" fungus that has damaged opium poppy crops in Afghanistan have hit international headlines' writes a breathless
Afghanistan: Taliban hit by fall in opium crop production. The Taliban are likely to have suffered a drop in funding after it was disclosed that
Despite millions of dollars being spent on destroying crops, Afghanistan remains the world leader in opium-poppy production. But as RT's
Afghanistan: Mystery of the missing opium crop. Posted 8 September 2009 8:10 GMT. Written byAdil Nurmakov
Afghanistan is the world's largest producer of opium - the raw ingredient used to make heroin - providing about 80% of the world's crop.
A UN report reveals that both prices and productivity rose in 2011. Image: An Afghan opium farmer tends his crop. Photo via. By Will Godfrey
'Sharp drop' in Afghan opium crop. 2 September 2009, 09:23 (GMT+05:00). Poppy cultivation and production in Afghanistan has decreased sharply, according
Last year, a 160 percent increase in Helmand's opium crop fueled a 50 percent nationwide increase. Afghanistan produced a record 6100 metric tons of opium
Record opium crop in southern Afghanistan. The Taliban has claimed control of Helmand. And opium always provided a significant part of the
Afghan Opium Crop Soars To "Frightening Levels" Says U.N.. RELATED ARTICLES. Opium windfall fuels Afghan insurgents: U.N.. November 16, 2007 09 :38
An astonishing 50% of the whole Afghan opium crop comes from one single province: Hilmand. With just 2.5 million inhabitants, this relatively
A serious disease has hit poppies in Afghanistan, driving up opium prices in is thought to have infected about half of the country's poppy crop.
According to the UN's Office on Drugs and Crime, farmer income derived from Afghanistan's opium crop in 2011 was $1.4 billion, representing
Afghanistan opium farmers are looking to make the switch from poppies Still, it was difficult to find a crop that produced returns like poppies.
Meanwhile, the price of wheat?one of Afghanistan's principal crop alternatives to opium?has fallen. At current prices, planting opium poppies is
The summary findings of the 2011 Afghan Opium Survey was just released today by the Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MCN) and the United
The Taliban virtually shut down the production of opium thereby threatening the global drugs trade. But now, five years after the US led invasion, poppy growth is
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UNODC Predicts Stable Opium Crop in Afghanistan. VIENNA, 10 February (UN Information Service) - In a report issued today, the United
"No other country in the world has ever produced narcotics on such a deadly scale," said the Afghanistan Opium Survey 2007, an annual
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) 223 pages November 2006 The magnitude and importance of Afghanistan's opium
Opium production in Afghanistan this year plunged by nearly half that wreaked havoc on the poppy crop, not to Western anti-narcotics efforts.
Afghanistan - Disease halves Afghan opium crop Miscellaneous News.
U.N. Warns of Huge Crop of Afghan Opium Poppies. By CARLOTTA GALL. The United Nations warned that Europe and other regions should brace themselves
A UN survey found that opium production in Afghanistan will fall only slightly this year from last year's record crop. The UN Office on Drugs and
Smuggling across our borders is rampant, dangerous, unchecked, and aided by the drug cartels.
The IMF warns that rich pickings from opium growing threaten to strangle legitimate economic growth in Afghanistan.
7. According to crop surveys carried out by the UN International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP), Afghanistan produced 185 metric tons of opium in 2001, the
Fewer than 25000 acres (10000 hectares) have been eradicated — accounting for less than 4% of Afghanistan's opium crop. Despite that small
Opium production has indeed skyrocketed to record levels. Now nearly the world's sole producer of the crop, Afghanistan puts more opium on
After 2002 Afghan opium production rose to unheard of levels. So, why has the crops in Afghanistan not been set to fire yet, what is every one
Afghanistan produces about 87 percent of the world`s opium, most of which ends up as heroin on the streets of Europe. The illegal crop also makes up about 60
The province is the heartland of the Taliban and the main source of Afghanistan's opium crop, and much of it is beyond the control of a
NATO said this week that it has withdrawn a radio message telling Afghan farmers that its troops will not destroy their opium fields, following complaints that the
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