Poppy cultivation: India

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Poppy cultivation

The Times of India

Poppy: Number of cultivators licensed and production, year-wise(2004-2014); Graphic courtesy: The Times of India

May 26 2015

The first recorded cultivation of poppy in India dates back to the 15th century in Cambay and Malwa region.During the Mughal period, opium was grown for trade with China and other east Asian countries. By the 16th century, production became a state monopoly, later appropriated by merchants in Patna and by the East India Company in 1757. Today, India is the only country authorized by the UN to produce gum opium. Eleven other countries cultivate legal opium but do not extract gum.Depending on the yield, licenced cultivators are allowed to grow the crop in 15 or 20 acres of land.