HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): A laboratory to assess the quality of saffron produced in Afghanistan was inaugurated in western Herat province on Saturday, officials said, hoping the first-of-its-kind facility would help boost the plant’s export to international markets.
Bashir Ahmad Ahmadi, saffron extension in-charge at the Heart agriculture, irrigation and livestock department, during a ceremony marking the inauguration of the lab, said it would control the quality of saffron.
He said saffron would first be . . .
