AIBAK (Pajhwok): The World Food Program (WFP) has provided 24 million afghanis in aid to farmers in northern Samangan province for revival of Asafetida medical herb in Afghanistan.
Asafetida is a wild herb and is one of the country’s key exports. It can be found on mountains of Takhar and Badakhshan provinces in the northeastern regions of Afghanistan.
A huge part of the herb disappeared due to wrong method of collection and it is almost now on the verge of extinction in the area.
Mohammad Rahman Arghandiwal, Samangan Agriculture Department head, told . . .
