AIBAK (Pajhwok): The pistachio yield in northern Samangan province is estimated to have risen 212 tonnes this year, showing an increase of 26 per cent and farmers have earned 265 million afghanis from the business, an official said on Sunday.
Samangan agriculture director, Mohammad Usman, told Pajhwok Afghan News pistachio had been harvested from 32 hectares of land in Aibak, the provincial capital, Hazrat Sultan, Dara-I-Suf and Firoz Zankhichir districts.
He said the farmers have earned 210 million afghanis last year and 265 million afghanis . . .
