Opium poppy cultivation in war-torn Myanmar has surged to its highest level in a decade, rising 17% in the past year as ...

Opium cultivation in Myanmar has reached a record high in 10 years, and opium plantations are also increasing in ...

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have succeeded in slashing opium poppy production in the country after banning cultivation of the crop, analysis of satellite imagery and reports from the ground suggest.

Although opium poppy cultivation has increased in Badakhshan, as documented by the opium survey 2025, about 95 per cent of former poppy farmers surveyed in Badakhshan and Balkh reported that they ...

KABUL: Farmers in northern Afghanistan have yet to make up for lost income since the Taliban government banned poppy ...

Taliban forces work to destroy a poppy field in Badakhshan province, Afghanistan, in May 2024. [VOA] Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan was down sharply last year, according to the United Nations ...

An Australian flower farmer was shocked this week when her bed of pretty pink poppies resulted in a visit from the local drug task force. Kate Dixon lives in Tasmania, Australia, and has been growing ...

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PELLA, Iowa (AP) -- In an area known for its tulips, a rural Pella family has been charged with growing 22,000 opium poppy plants. ``We had never run across an opium grow before, and we really didn't ...

Again, poppy flowers are weeds, technically, so it’s not uncommon to find them in fields out in the wild. But that’s also why they symbolize rebirth and resilience; they don’t die quickly and pretty ...

Annual poppies are one of the easiest and most beautiful flowers to plant and grow, with stunning new types of poppies being developed each year. Over the years, corn poppies have become available in ...