阿富汗鴉片產量今年減少48%
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reported Wednesday that the amount of opium produced in Afghanistan during the current year dropped by 48 percent.
聯合國毒品與犯罪問題辦公室星期三說，阿富汗今年的鴉片產量下降了48%。
"We have 3,300 tones of opium production this year as compared to 6,400 tones last year," UNODC regional representative, Andrey Avetisyan, told reporters in Kabul while releasing the findings of the group’s latest Afghan opium survey.
該機構的地區代表安德雷·阿維蒂斯安星期三在喀布爾公佈最新調查結果說，阿富汗今年的鴉片產量爲3,300噸，而去年爲6,400噸。
The UNODC attributed the dramatic drop to better cooperation between enforcement agencies and Afghan policy makers. The reductions are significant following years of a steady increase in the cultivation and production of opium in the country.
聯合國認爲阿富汗執法機構和政策制定者之間的良好合作促成了減產。從阿富汗鴉片種植和生產多年穩定增長來看，此次減產的幅度是相當大的。
Avetisyan added that opium cultivation in 2015 also went down by 19 percent across the country, however it increased in northern Afghanistan because of the deterioration of security in some places.
阿維蒂斯安說阿富汗各地的鴉片種植2015年已減少了19%，但在北部一些安全惡化的地區有所增加。
Helmand remains the biggest poppy producing province, but recorded a 16 percent drop since last year.
阿富汗的赫爾曼德省目前仍是阿富汗最大的罌粟生產地，但去年以來當地產量減少了16%。
