KABUL (Pajhwok): Despite its huge economic potential, both government and private investors have neglected agriculture for over a decade.
Around four percent of private investment in Afghanistan in the past 14 years has gone to the agriculture sector even though it is relatively low risk sector with high job creation. A third of all of Afghanistan’s land has the potential for agricultural production.
Investment in agriculture is desperately needed in order to combat poverty and economic stangantion. According to the World Bank (WB) Afghanistan’s economy has stagnated, with an economic growth rate of . . .
