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 ...

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.

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

poppy cultivation has practically come to a standstill. For the first time in decades, Myanmar has replaced Afghanistan as the world's largest opium and heroin producer. It would be natural to ...

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 ...

The survey covered the 2023-24 opium growing and harvesting season ... was “the most important reason reported for growing opium poppy.” It also found that “farmers lacking formal land ...