KABUL: Farmers in northern Afghanistan have yet to make up for lost income since the Taliban government banned poppy ...

Says the ban has slashed poppy production overall to just 10,200 hectares this year, “one of the lowest levels ever recorded” ...

Although opium poppy cultivation has increased in Badakhshan, as documented by the opium survey 2025, about 95 per cent of former poppy farmers surveyed in Badakhshan and Balkh reported that they ...

Opium poppy cultivation in war-torn Myanmar has surged to its highest level in a decade, rising 17% in the past year as ...

Opium cultivation in Myanmar has reached a record high in 10 years, and opium plantations are also increasing in ...

UNODC survey found 85% of families in northern provinces unable to replace poppy income. Production fell 32% to 296 tonnes as ...

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have succeeded in slashing opium poppy production in the country after banning cultivation of the crop, analysis of satellite imagery and reports from the ground suggest.

An Australian flower farmer was shocked this week when her bed of pretty pink poppies resulted in a visit from the local drug task force. Kate Dixon lives in Tasmania, Australia, and has been growing ...

PELLA, Iowa (AP) -- In an area known for its tulips, a rural Pella family has been charged with growing 22,000 opium poppy plants. ``We had never run across an opium grow before, and we really didn't ...