KABUL (Pajhwok): A survey by the National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) and the UN Office on Drugs and Crimes shows that poppy cultivation increased by 37 percent in Afghanistan last year.
A joint statement from the mentioned sources received by Pajhwok Afghan News said that the two organizations launched a survey about poppy cultivation and production in 2020.
It said that 224,000 hectares of land was cultivated with poppy in Afghanistan last year, which showed a 37 percent increase in the cultivation compared to 2019.
In 2020, 6,300 tons of poppy was produced in the country which . . .
