harvesting 1,080 tons of the narcotic -- more than double that of previous leader Afghanistan after the Taliban government cracked down on poppy cultivation. Myanmar produced 995 tons of opium in ...

Opium, the base from which morphine and heroin are produced, is harvested from poppy flowers. Meanwhile, Myanmar registered growth in cultivation and production from 2021 through 2023, which UNODC ...

“In most areas of Manipur, the best season to plant and harvest opium poppy is from September to February. We usually acquire the LISS-IV-satellite imageries from National Remote Sensing ...

In Jharkhand's Hazaribag district, police seized poppy straw and spirit worth Rs 3.4 crore and arrested eight people. Acting ...

Despite banning poppy on religious grounds before the ... Hundreds of workers descended on Bakwa to collect opium sap each harvest, while an industry of buyers and smugglers coalesced around ...

Kangpokpi district reported the largest area under illegal opium poppy cultivation in Manipur at 17.49 square kilometres (sqkm), or 4,322 acres, in 2023-24, Union Minister for Environment ...

BANGKOK - Opium production in Myanmar has fallen for the first time since a military coup in 2021, the UN said on Dec 12, but the country remains the world’s biggest producer of the narcotic.

Opium, the base from which morphine and heroin are produced, is harvested from poppy flowers. Meanwhile, Myanmar registered growth in cultivation and production from 2021 through 2023, which UNODC ...

Last year Myanmar became the world's biggest producer of opium, harvesting 1,080 tons of the narcotic -- more than double that of previous leader Afghanistan after the Taliban government cracked down ...