Eastern Afghanistan
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| Eastern Afghanistan | |
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| ActiveCannabis last recorded here in 2022 | |
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| Fields and boulder hills between Jalalabad and Dara-i-Nur | |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 34.34, 70.39 |
| Country | Afghanistan |
| Provinces/States | Nangarhar Province,Laghman Province,Kapisa Province |
| Area | 8,900 km² |
| Climate | Semi-arid |
| Growing history | |
| Dated accessions | 2022 |
| Conservation | |
| Populations | none documented yet |
Eastern Afghanistan is a landrace cannabis growing region of Afghanistan, drawn on the Eastern 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' Eastern region is made up of Kapisa, Kunar, Laghman, Nangarhar and Nuristan.[1]: 13 The surveys found cannabis grown in Nangarhar in every year from 2009 to 2011, and in Kapisa in 2011.[1]: 13[2]: 13 The growing region holds the Nangarhar growing area, round Jalalabad.
Extent
The surveys report cultivation by province and gather the provinces into six regions for their regional figures. Most of their Eastern region lies in the Hindu Kush: Nuristan and Kunar, and the northern districts of Laghman and Kapisa, are in the Hindu Kush growing region. This growing region takes the rest: Nangarhar, the Qarghayi district of Laghman on the Kabul river, and the Kohistan, Kohband and Mahmud Raqi districts of Kapisa at the edge of the Kabul basin, which form a separate piece. The border encloses about 8,900 km². Kunar, Laghman and Nuristan lay outside the area the surveys covered for cannabis in 2009, 2010 and 2011.[1]: 13[2]: 13
Cannabis in the surveys
In 2010 the Eastern region's farmers sowed in July and harvested in December, with March to December in parts of Hisarak district, in Nangarhar; in 2011 they sowed in May to June and harvested in October to December.[1]: 25[2]: 37 The 2011 and 2012 surveys found cannabis on field boundaries and mixed in fields with other crops almost only in the Central and Eastern regions.[2]: 18[3]: 16
In 2009 the varieties of the Eastern region were Watani, the most common in Nangarhar, and Azraki Shadani, Logari Shadani and Machalghu Shadani.[4]: 15 Watani made up 73 per cent of farmers' reports from the region in 2010; in 2011 Azraki Shadani was the most common, at 36 per cent.[1]: 19[2]: 37
In the Southern, Eastern and Central regions farmers counted the first and second yields of sieving the threshed plants together for their first grade of resin powder, or garda.[4]: 22 No farmer in the Eastern region reported paying the usher tax on cannabis in 2010.[1]: 44
Growing Areas
| Growing Area | Province |
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| Nangarhar | Nangarhar Province |
Accessions
| Accession ID | Name | Collected | Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCG-AFG-NAN-0120250001 | Afghanistan Nangarhar 2025 | Nangarhar | |
| RSC-AFG-NAN-0120190001 | Tora Bora General Population 2019 | Nangarhar | |
| RSC-AFG-NAN-0120190001-R1 | 2019 RSC Tora Bora Reproduction | Nangarhar | |
| RSC-AFG-NAN-0120220001 | Nangarhar General Population 2022 | Nangarhar |
Recent news
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See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; Ministry of Counter Narcotics, Government of Afghanistan (June 2011). Afghanistan Cannabis Survey 2010 (PDF) (Report). UNODC.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; Ministry of Counter Narcotics, Government of Afghanistan (April 2010). Afghanistan Cannabis Survey 2009 (PDF) (Report). UNODC.