KHOST CITY (Pajhwok): Officials say 10,000 people in areas home to pine nut trees would receive tools for professional collection of the dried fruit in southeastern Khost province.
Local official say the tools would be distributed under the National Horticulture and Livestock Project (NHLP) program of the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL).
Khost agriculture officials say distribution of the tools would help increase pine nuts production by 40 percent in the pronvce.
Almar Khan, a farmer in Qalandar district, told Pajhwok Afghan . . .
