Ana ganin Helmand yana ɗaya daga cikin manyan yankunan da ke samar da opium a duniya, wanda ke da alhakin kusan kashi 42% na yawan samar da duniya. An yi imanin cewa wannan ya fi na Burma duka, wanda shine ƙasa ta biyu mafi girma bayan Afghanistan. Yankin kuma yana samar da taba, sugar beets, auduga, sesame, mungat, wake, masara, kwayoyi, sunflowers, albasa, dankali, tumatir, kabewa, peanutric, apot, inabi, da kuma melon. Tun daga yakin Afghanistan, an dauki lardin Helmand a matsayin wurin da ake gudanar da ayyukan ta'addanci.
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