Voice of America: Afghan Opium Farming Grows, Disease Cuts Output

Voice of America Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries

Afghan Opium Farming Grows, Disease Cuts Output Nov 20th 2012, 12:40 The United Nations says more land in Afghanistan is being used to grow poppies for opium, but that production of the crop has fallen this year because of plant diseases and bad weather. A report Tuesday from the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said opium output has dropped by 36 percent compared to 2011. That is despite an 18-percent increase in the amount of land covered by the poppy crop. The report says the government also sharply escalated its efforts to eradicate opium farming, ... Media files: BD7F36E3-79EE-47EC-A6C1-F4FC28FED214_cx0_cy2_cw0_w800_r1.jpg?nocache=1 (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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