CANNABIS (MARIJUANA) PRODUCTION RISES IN AFGHANISTAN DURING RIM FIRE IN THE UNITED STATES DESPITE DECLINE IN CULTIVATION IN FIJI – UN REPORT

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Date: 10 Sep 2013 19:00:00 -0400
Subject: CANNABIS PRODUCTION RISES IN AFGHANISTAN DESPITE DECLINE IN
CULTIVATION – UN REPORT
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CANNABIS PRODUCTION RISES IN AFGHANISTAN DESPITE DECLINE IN
CULTIVATION – UN REPORTNew York, Sep 10 2013 7:00PMWhile the total
area of Afghan farmland used for cannabis cultivation fell by 17
percent in 2012, there was still an eight per cent rise in the overall
production of cannabis compared to 2011, according to a report
released today by the United Nations drug and crime agency and the
country's Ministry of Counter-Narcotics.

The report, <I><"http://unama.unmissions.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=xT8mhyY1bmU%3d&tabid=12323&language=en-US">Afghanistan:
Survey of Commercial Cannabis Cultivation and Production 2012</I>,
released today in the Afghan capital, Kabul, noted that the main
reason for the increase in production despite the decline in
cultivation was better yields by the cannabis, locally known as
'garda,' compared to the previous year.

The survey, which covered 16 of Afghanistan's 34 provinces where
commercial cannabis cultivation had been observed or reported in past
surveys, estimated that most of the cannabis cultivation concentrated
in the southern provinces of Afghanistan, accounting for some 54 per
cent, and, to a lesser extent, in the east and north of the country.

In 2012, the national average of garda yield was 136 kilograms per
hectare, an increase of 21 per cent compared to 2011, which
experienced a yield of 112 kilograms per hectare. The 2012 yield
levels came close to the high experienced in 2009 of 145 kilograms per
hectare.

The joint report – prepared by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime
(UNODC) and the Ministry and the fourth since 2009 – stated that
another reason for the reduction in cultivation was "a strictly
enforced ban by provincial authorities," which was imposed because
"cannabis fields seemed to have been used by insurgent groups as
hiding places."

The report also said the reduction in overall cultivation was partly
because of a "dramatic decline" in the southern province of Uruzgan
which had only about 100 hectares of land under cannabis cultivation
in 2012, down from about 1,000 hectares in 2011.

Growing the illicit crop remains lucrative despite a downward
correction in prices observed since the peak in 2011. UNODC noted that
in 2012, farmers could achieve a gross income of $6,400 per hectare
from cannabis resin, exceeding the gross income from opium of $4,600
per hectare.

"This again indicates that a farmer decides on planting licit or
illicit crops in a holistic way including as much family needs, food
security, access to markets, access to non-farm income, as there is
risk. Only an 'opium farmer', or a 'cannabis farmer' or even a 'wheat
farmer' simply does not exist," said UNODC's Regional Representative,
Jean-Luc Lemahieu.

He added that agriculture should be seen as one and measures against
illicit crops should be integrated into agricultural policy.Sep 10
2013 7:00PM
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