AIBAK (Pajhwok): Grape production has increased by 20 percent in northern Samangan province this year, officials and growers say.
But growers resent a decline in grape prices and a custom duty hike by the government of neighbouring Pakistani.
Commercial grape gardens are located in the Feroz Nakhchar and Hazrat Sultan districts of the province.
Deputy Director of Agriculture Mohammad Osman Hanafi told Pajhwok Afghan News the yield grape gardens on 7,400 jirabs of land totaled 25,000 metric tonnes.
The production showed . . .
