KABUL (Pajhwok): Agriculture Minister Anwarul Haq Ahadi on Monday said Afghanistan would become self-reliant in wheat, rice, poultry and dairy productions in next four to five years.
He was addressing a gathering marking National Farmer Day in Kabul. High ranking government officials and hundreds of farmers attended the event.
Ahadi said the government was buying local products to meet the needs of security forces and this way help improve the agriculture and livestock sectors of the country.
He said after the completion of different projects last year, 97,000 hectares land was brought under irrigation and fruit orchards were . . .
