Afghan farmers work in a poppy field in Jalalabad province. (file photo)
Afghan Poppy Fields Spread, But Output Shrinks -- Deutsche Welle
Afghanistan's rural communities have once again increased the country's overall area under opium poppies, thus undermining government efforts to destroy such fields. But production has taken a blow.
Afghans increased the total size of their poppy fields by 18 percent this year, a fresh survey by the Ministry of Counter-Narcotics in Kabul and the Vienna-based United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) showed on Tuesday.
Opium poppy cultivation in the country now covers 154,000 hectares (380,542 acres), up from 131,000 hectares in 2011.
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