Myanmar replaced Afghanistan as the world’s largest producer of opium

According to the regional office of Tasnim News Agency, based on According to the new investigative report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, after the banning of poppy cultivation in Afghanistan, Myanmar has now become the world’s largest producer of opium.

According to this report Myanmar has produced about one thousand and 80 tons of poppies this year with an increase of 18% compared to last year; Meanwhile, the amount of poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has decreased by 95% to 330 tons. Afghan farmers have decreased by 92% from 1.35 billion dollars to 110 million dollars following the ban on poppy cultivation.

This report states that only a fraction of this The decrease in income will be compensated by farmers’ income from other crops, he emphasized the need to help agriculture and alternative livelihoods in Afghanistan.

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