Poppy Plants

Recent research reveals that Greenland, now 98% covered in ice, was almost entirely ice-free at some point in the last million years. Fossils of plants like willow and Arctic poppy, found in an ice core sample from the island’s center, suggest a once-thriving tundra ecosystem. This discovery is significant because it challenges previous beliefs t...

One of the factors of the Manipur ethnic violence, among a multitude of social frictions, include loss of livelihoods of the hill tribes who have depended on poppy cultivation for decades.

According to the memo, the seeds come from poppy plants, a commercial crop cultivated by the drug and food industries for pharmaceuticals and spices. The seeds can become contaminated with morphine and codeine during the harvest.

But a large group of parrots feed on poppy plants around 30-40 times a day and some even fly away with poppy pods, said a farmer from Madhya Pradesh.

Recent research reveals that Greenland, now 98% covered in ice, was almost entirely ice-free at some point in the last million years. Fossils of plants like willow and Arctic poppy, found in an ice core sample from the island’s center, suggest a once-thriving tundra ecosystem. This discovery is significant because it challenges previous beliefs t...

One of the factors of the Manipur ethnic violence, among a multitude of social frictions, include loss of livelihoods of the hill tribes who have depended on poppy cultivation for decades.

According to the memo, the seeds come from poppy plants, a commercial crop cultivated by the drug and food industries for pharmaceuticals and spices. The seeds can become contaminated with morphine and codeine during the harvest.

But a large group of parrots feed on poppy plants around 30-40 times a day and some even fly away with poppy pods, said a farmer from Madhya Pradesh.