ZHARI, Afghanistan (AP) — It’s the cash crop of the Taliban and the scourge of Afghanistan — the country’s intractable opium cultivation. This year, many Afghan poppy farmers are expecting a windfall ...

The notoriety of Papaver somniferum, the “sleep-inducing poppy,” is only partly to do with its outlaw family. Opium poppies are grown for their edible seeds and for pharmaceutical uses. The type that ...

Q: We have some Oriental poppy plants in our perennial garden and my mother says that the seeds can be used in making sweet rolls. Does poppy seed really come from Oriental poppy? A: Oriental poppy, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Poppy farmer Santiago Sanchez holds the seeds of an opium poppy plant in Juquila Yucucani in the Sierra Madre del Sur in the ...

This year, many Afghan poppy farmers are expecting a windfall as they get ready to harvest opium from a new variety of poppy seeds said to boost yield of the resin that produces heroin. The plants ...

ZHARI, Afghanistan | It's the cash crop of the Taliban and the scourge of Afghanistan — the country's intractable opium cultivation. This year, many Afghan poppy farmers are expecting a windfall as ...

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