TY - BOOK TI - Afghanistan opium survey 2015 : : executive summary / AV - Pamphlet HV5840. A23. PY - 2015/// CY - [Afghanistan] : PB - Ministry of Counter Narcotics ; , United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), KW - Opium survey – Afghanistan KW - Opium control – Afghanistan KW - Opium poppy – Afghanistan KW - Poppy cultivation – Afghanistan KW - Opium trade – Economic aspects – Afghanistan. KW - Agriculture – Economic aspects – Afghanistan KW - Opium trade – Afghanistan – Prevention – Evaluation KW - Drug traffic – Afghanistan – Prevention – Evaluation N1 - Cover title. “October 2015”. “UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime”—at head of title. “Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Ministry of Counter Narcotics”—at head of title N2 - Summary: “Area under opium poppy cultivation decreased by 19%. The total area under opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan was estimated to be 183,000 hectares (163,000 - 202,000) in 2015, which represents a 19% decrease from 2014. Area under opium poppy cultivation has decreased for the first time since 2009 and is at its fourth highest level since the beginning of estimations in 1994; higher levels have been estimated in 2007, 2013 and 2014. In 2015, 97% of total opium cultivation in Afghanistan took place in the Southern, Eastern and Western regions of the country, which include the country’s most…”—(page 5) ER -