Poppy Power

This is a bee's leg with the pollen glommed onto it from a mallow plant.

Afghan farmer in poppy field.

Cornfield... ...Hidden FARC poppy plantation

That poppy seed, you sure it wasn't a watermelon?

He's no bigger than a poppy seed. Not right now.

Poppy cultivators who willingly submitted poppy seed to the authorities were given support for alternative cash crops under the New Destiny Project launched in April 2002.

But destroying poppy crops has been turning Afghan farmers against NATO.

Malva sylvestris is a species of the mallow genus Malva in the family of Malvaceae and is considered to be the type species for the genus.

Thanks to its Anti Narcotics Force, Pakistan was a poppy free country.

The eradication of poppy fields should be seen in this larger context.

You're the one who is taking good care of the poppy field?

The Special Rapporteur welcomes the steady and remarkable reduction in opium poppy cultivation.

He stopped and turned his head quickly, his poppy cheeked face lighting up.

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

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

Considerably more assistance needs to reach farmers directly as a disincentive for poppy cultivation.

Putting pressure on the poppy farmers in Afghanistan alone will not solve the problem.

Success will also require more funds for reconstruction, development, and alternatives to opium poppy cultivation.

Eighty to 90 percent of the world's poppy, opium and heroin, comes out of Afghanistan.

The build up of the Afghan army and police has lagged. The poppy crop has grown.

The last two years have seen individual cases of illegal cultivation of opium poppy and cannabis.

Illicit poppy cultivation, which has appeared in several countries of the region, is a new problem.

The impact of illicit poppy cultivation on socio economic development and the environment was also analysed.

We also endorse the efforts made by the Government of Afghanistan and the international community to end poppy cultivation, to build relevant judicial and police capacity and to provide sustainable alternative livelihoods for those engaged in poppy cultivation.

Reference was made to the annual surveys conducted by UNODC of opium poppy and coca bush cultivation.

Many farmers are waiting for a sustainable alternative to poppy crops. In the meantime, women are suffering.

We would wish to encourage other countries to consider substituting new varieties for currently cultivated poppy plants.

Concern was expressed that countries might try to export codeine licitly obtained from seized opium, and that some countries, although reaffirming that the opium poppy is cultivated primarily for seeds and grains, produced concentrate of poppy straw and morphine for export.

Such programmes or plans covered cannabis in 32 States, opium poppy in 19 and coca bush in 7.

It was emphasized that the sustainability of such eradication efforts should be ensured and that particular efforts were needed to alleviate the poverty of former opium poppy growers, in particular during the transitional period, after they had given up opium poppy cultivation.

Again and again, I hear of poppy farmers who sell their daughters to repay their debts to drug traffickers.

Myanmar's Central Committee for Drug Control has been collaborating with UNODC in Myanmar's endeavours to eradicate opium poppy production.

Indeed, the international community s methods of fighting the insurgency and eradicating poppy crops have actually helped the insurgents gain power.

There remains a need to secure a sustained decrease in opium poppy cultivation, production and trafficking into 2006 and beyond.

These will contribute to sustaining the remarkable decreases in opium poppy cultivation in the Lao People's Democratic Republic and Myanmar.

However, control of poppy plantations, as well as cannabis and coca bush plantations, remains the weakest element of the system.

In order to prevent its use for illegal production of drugs, a new variety of opium poppy has been developed.

A separate Ministry was established in 1992 to ensure the development of the border areas and to eradicate poppy cultivation.

UNDCP is financing one project for the use of remote sensing to identify opium poppy cultivation in the Bekaa Valley.

Urges all the Governments of countries where opium poppy has not been cultivated for the licit production of opiate raw materials, in the spirit of collective responsibility, to refrain from engaging in the commercial cultivation of opium poppy, in order to avoid the proliferation of supply sites

Urges the Governments of all countries where opium poppy has not been cultivated for the licit production of opiate raw materials, in the spirit of collective responsibility, to refrain from engaging in the commercial cultivation of opium poppy, in order to avoid the proliferation of supply sites

Meanwhile, acreage used for poppy and marijuana production has risen, according to the US government, to 6,900 and 8,900 hectares, respectively.

The poppy eradication programme and the halt to illegal narcotics trafficking in the country has had a negative impact on women.

We are pleased to have been able to achieve a 21 per cent reduction in opium poppy cultivation in the current year.