ZARANJ (Pajhwok): Onion prices have increased sharply in southwestern Nimroz province due to being dependent on imports from Tajikistan, residents say.
Earlier the province would produce vegetable enough for local consumption and would send surplus to other provinces, but now due to water scarcity, the province could not produce vegetable to be enough for domestic use.
According to shopkeepers, last month, the price of a kilo of onion was 10-13 afghanis but now had shot up and reached 40 afs.
Earlier, the crop would . . .
