Central Afghanistan
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| Central Afghanistan | |
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| ActiveGrown here in 2000 or later | |
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| An old walled compound among fields in Ghazni Province, from the air | |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 33.42, 68.57 |
| Country | Afghanistan |
| Provinces/States | Kabul Province,Logar Province,Paktia Province,Khost Province,Paktika Province,Ghazni Province,Maidan Wardak Province,Parwan Province |
| Area | 71,300 km² |
| Climate | Semi-arid |
| Growing history | |
| Conservation | |
| Populations | none documented yet |
Central Afghanistan is a landrace cannabis growing region of Afghanistan, drawn on the Central region of the cannabis surveys carried out by the Afghan Ministry of Counter Narcotics and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), less the part of that region that lies in the Hindu Kush. The surveys' Central region is made up of Kabul, Khost, Logar, Paktya, Panjshir, Parwan, Wardak, Ghazni and Paktika.[1]: 12 The surveys found cannabis grown in Logar and Paktya in every year from 2009 to 2012, in Khost in 2010, in Kabul in 2011 and 2012, and in Paktika in 2011.[1]: 12
Extent
The surveys report cultivation by province and gather the provinces into six regions for their regional figures. Their Central region reaches from the Hindu Kush south to the Pakistan border; Panjshir and the mountain valleys of Parwan are in the Hindu Kush growing region. This growing region takes the rest: Kabul, Logar, Paktya, Khost, Paktika, Ghazni, Wardak and southern Parwan. The border encloses about 71,300 km².
Cannabis in the surveys
In the Central region cannabis was less often grown alone in a field than elsewhere. In 2010, 79 per cent of the region's cannabis farmers reported growing it mixed with other crops and on the bunds between fields, while in every other region most farmers grew it alone; the 2011 and 2012 surveys found cannabis on field boundaries and mixed with other crops almost only in the Central and Eastern regions.[2]: 20[3]: 18[1]: 16 Farmers sowed from early April to May in both 2010 and 2011, and harvested in November in 2010 and in October to November in 2011.[2]: 25[3]: 37
The varieties most cultivated in the region in 2009 were Azraki Shadani, Kharwari Shadani, Logari Shadani and Machalghu Shadani.[4]: 15 Logari Shadani was the most cultivated in 2010 and 2011, at 35 and 33 per cent of farmers' reports.[2]: 19[3]: 37 Farmers in the Central and Eastern regions mixed cannabis leaves into their first grade of resin powder, or garda, and counted the first two siftings together for it.[4]: 22
More than half of the region's cannabis farmers reported paying the tax called usher on it in 2010 and 2011.[2]: 44[3]: 34 In 2009 the region's cannabis trading centres were at Ahmad Abad and Sayd Karam in Paktya and in Kharwar and Mohammad Agha in Logar.[4]: 35
Growing Areas
No growing areas documented yet.
Accessions
No accessions documented yet.
Recent news
No news items are recorded for this growing region yet.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; Ministry of Counter Narcotics, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (September 2013). Afghanistan: Survey of Commercial Cannabis Cultivation and Production 2012 (PDF) (Report). UNODC – via ReliefWeb.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; Ministry of Counter Narcotics, Government of Afghanistan (June 2011). Afghanistan Cannabis Survey 2010 (PDF) (Report). UNODC.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; Ministry of Counter Narcotics, Government of Afghanistan (September 2012). Afghanistan: Survey of Commercial Cannabis Cultivation and Production 2011 (PDF) (Report). UNODC.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; Ministry of Counter Narcotics, Government of Afghanistan (April 2010). Afghanistan Cannabis Survey 2009 (PDF) (Report). UNODC.