HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): The Saffron Farmers Association in western Herat province on Thursday said around 50 percent of saffron produced in the province this year could not be exported abroad.
Bashir Ahmad Rashidi, the Afghanistan Saffron farmers’ association head in Herat, said 18 tons of saffron was produced in the country this year but more than eight tons remained with growers and saffron production companies and were not exported abroad.
He said the saffron could not be exported due the Covid-19 pandemic, cancellation of flights and . . .
