fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week agoOpium poppy farming hits 10-year high in war-torn Myanmar
The growth reaffirms Myanmar's role as the world's known main source of illicit opium, following the continued decline of cultivation in Afghanistan, the UNODC said on Wednesday. This major expansion in cultivation shows the extent to which the opium economy has re-established itself over the past years and points to potential further growth in the future, said Delphine Schantz, UNODC's representative for Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
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