ZARANJ (Pajhwok): There has been 80 percent increase in the watermelon and melon yield this year compared to the previous year in southwestern Nimroz province, an official said on Sunday.
Akbar Sharifi, head of the Agriculture and Tajikistan.
He said in the ongoing year there was expectation of bumper production and more than 600,000 tonnes of production was estimated of which 500,000 tonnes was watermelon and 100,000 tonnes was melon.
Sharifi termed the availability of enough water in Helmand River and Lashkargah . . .
