AIBAK (Pajhwok): The yield of watermelon and melon in northern Samangan province is unprecedented in 2016 with the adoption of new agricultural techniques, officials said on Wednesday.
The production level showing a 29 percent surge hit an all-time high this year when a 19 percent increase in cultivation resulted in 29 percent growth in yield.
Noor Mohammad, an official of the Irrigation and Livestock Department, told Pajhwok Afghan news watermelon and melon were cultivated on 6,350 hectares of land in 2015, but this year the fruits had . . .
