The cultivation of illicit drug crops remains a serious impediment to the sustainable development of some countries.

The cultivation of different energy crops will in future enrich crop rotation and hence improve plant diversity.

10. Calls upon States in which cultivation and production of illicit drug crops occur to establish or reinforce, where appropriate, national mechanisms to monitor and verify illicit crops

In fact, opponents often assert that commercial cultivation of GM crops has been a disappointment, because it has offered little direct benefit to consumers.

The Illicit Crop Monitoring Programme assists the international community and Governments concerned in monitoring the extent and evolution of the illicit cultivation of narcotic crops.

Furthermore, the dry spell poses a threat to the cultivation of long cycle crops and the availability of water for both people and livestock in many regions.

The main countries affected by illicit opium poppy and coca bush cultivation continued to make good progress towards the reduction and elimination of illicit crops. Excluding Afghanistan, the total area under illicit opium poppy cultivation worldwide in 2004 amounted to 32 per cent of the total area under such cultivation in 1994, while potential opium production in 2004 amounted to 29 per cent of that in 1994.

But they might also adopt such strategies as reducing agricultural areas under cultivation or switching to less labour intensive but less nutritious crops, thus affecting the food security of the household.

The percentage of States that have adopted national plans or programmes to reduce and eliminate the cultivation of illicit crops is also growing and more States have included alternative development measures in those plans or programmes.

The percentage of States that have adopted national plans or programmes to reduce and eliminate the cultivation of illicit crops is also growing, and more States have included alternative development measures in those plans or programmes.

As it stands, the closest approximation to this approach in the United States is marijuana production. With such high value crops, it is worth honing the details of cultivation to ensure quality and minimize resource consumption.

Mr. Al Enezi (Kuwait), referring to the reports of the Secretary General on international cooperation against the world drug problem, eradication of illicit crops and alternative development, said that his delegation noted with concern that cultivation of opium poppies had increased.

In conclusion, the analysis of the replies for the third reporting period indicate that the main countries affected by illicit opium poppy and coca bush cultivation continued to make good progress towards the significant reduction and elimination of illicit crops.

Cultivation, production and manufacture

Regarding efforts to eradicate cannabis cultivation, a number of countries were reported to be studying cannabis cultivation and its socio economic impact and assessing the feasibility of implementing alternative development programmes to tackle illicit cannabis cultivation.

Genetically modified crops (GMCs, GM crops, or biotech crops) are plants used in agriculture, the DNA of which has been modified using genetic engineering techniques.

After the cultivation of more than a billion hectares of GM crops worldwide and the consumption in North America alone of more than two trillion servings of foods that contain GM ingredients not a single case of injury to a person or disruption of an ecosystem has been documented.

59 160. Control of cultivation of and trafficking in cannabis

The decline in cultivation is important and encouraging and was a result of the compliance of Afghanistan's farmers with the Government's anti cultivation messages or eradication policy.

The countries most affected by illicit crop cultivation need further capacity building, programme coordination, the establishment of monitoring and impact evaluation systems and long term socio economic development in order to sustain illicit crop eradication and alternative development efforts and to prevent the re emergence of illicit crops.

It was noted that alternative development would be appropriate if there was a clear threat of overflow of cultivation from other major areas affected by illicit crop cultivation.

Since the first reporting period, the States affected by illicit cultivation of coca bush and opium poppy have adopted national plans to reduce and eventually eliminate such cultivation.

In 2003, coca bush cultivation was less than half of its level in 1994. With regard to cannabis cultivation, further efforts by the international community are urgently needed.

They started by boiling crops. When the crops finished, they would boil grass and plants...then insects.

And crops and noble sites

And crops and noble sites

Now one third of all arable land is used to grow crops to feed livestock, not to grow staple crops for people.

The Afghanistan Opium Survey 2005, released earlier this month by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, registered a decrease in opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan for the first time since 2001, with the area devoted to drug crops declining by an impressive 21 per cent.

With record production of an estimated 4,200 tons of opium in Afghanistan, UNODC's 2004 opium cultivation survey registered a 64 per cent increase in the area under cultivation in that country.

Rapid cultivation assessments in February 2005, however, indicated a general decrease in cultivation, apparently linked to lower opium prices and non planting in some regions.

Other areas of critical concern include the cultivation of and trade in narcotics.

Fiber crops are field crops grown for their fibers, which are traditionally used to make paper, cloth, or rope.

With regard to the comments of the representative of Pakistan concerning UNODC estimates of cultivation and trafficking, he pointed out that UNODC was currently monitoring cultivation in approximately one dozen countries around the world.

The cultivation of benevolence ( mettā bhāvanā ) is a popular form of meditation in Buddhism.

Iraq notes that Saudi Arabia did not provide baseline data on crops or evidence indicating the types of crops that were affected or their location.

Coca crops in Latin America need to be replaced with agricultural crops, and cocaine use in affluent Europe must be reduced.

Some species are minor pests of a few commercial crops.

And fields of crops and palm trees with softened fruit ?

And fields of crops and palm trees with softened fruit ?

GM crops also have significant economic benefits.

Studies on five crops were being considered.

The crop prices used by Iran in calculating the value of lost crops are not appropriate for estimating the value of crops that were not, in fact, produced.

This was in part due to the reduction of coca bush cultivation in Colombia.

A number of representatives reported on efforts to eradicate cannabis cultivation in their countries.

Some speakers expressed concern about the increased level of opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan.