DDN: "High prices for opium in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), Thailand and Myanmar are making production increasingly attractive to farmers, says UNODC’s 2011 South East Asia opium survey.
Cultivation in the region increased by 16 per cent between 2010 and 2011 and has doubled since 2006, says the document, with Myanmar – the world’s second largest opium producer after Afghanistan – increasing its levels of cultivation for five years in a row. Although Myanmar accounts for more than 90 per cent of the region’s cultivation, Lao PDR – which accounts for 9 per cent – saw a 38 per cent increase between 2010 and 2011. "
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Cultivation in the region increased by 16 per cent between 2010 and 2011 and has doubled since 2006, says the document, with Myanmar – the world’s second largest opium producer after Afghanistan – increasing its levels of cultivation for five years in a row. Although Myanmar accounts for more than 90 per cent of the region’s cultivation, Lao PDR – which accounts for 9 per cent – saw a 38 per cent increase between 2010 and 2011. "
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