Thu 26 January 2023: Opium poppy was cultivated on more than 40,000 hectares in Myanmar last year, a 33 percent increase compared with 2021. Opium poppy cultivation has surged in Myanmar since the military seized power in 2021, reversing a steady decline that was seen in the illicit crop between 2014 and 2020, the United Nations Office … Continue reading OPIUM CULTIVATION SURGES SINCE MYANMAR MILITARY SEIZED POWER: UN