HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Saffron growers in western Herat province say they are concerned about the 50 percent decline in the crop’s price in international markets.
According to farmers, last year the price of one kilogram of Afghanistan’s saffron was 100,000 afghanis in the global market but price of the same quantity hovered between 40,000 and 50,000 afghanis this year.
Mohammad Ibrahim, an experienced farmer in Pashton Zarghon district of Herat, said he cultivated saffron on 7.5 acres of land, but the . . .
