Download or read book Afghanistan written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Estimates total opium cultivation in 2008 in Afghanistan at 157,000 hectares, a 19% reduction compared to 2007. 98% of the total cultivation is confined to 7 provinces with security problems: 5 are in the south and 2 in the west of Afghanistan. Of the 38 provinces in the country, 18 were poppy-free in 2008 compared to 13 in 2007. The total opium production in 2008 is est. at 7,700 metric tons, a 6% reduction compared to 2007. Almost all of the production takes place in the same 7 provinces where the cultivation is concentrated. The gross income for farmers who cultivated opium poppy was est. at US$730 million in 2008. This is a decrease from 2007, when farmgate income for opium was estimated at US$1 billion. Maps, tables and graphs.