JALALABAD (Pajhwok): At least 15 tonnes of dates will be collected from the date orchards in eastern Nangarhar province -- three times higher than last year’s.
Maulvi Ghulam Rahman, director of the Nangarhar canal, told Pajhwok Afghan News the date crop had doubled this year compared to last year.
“Last year, the date orchard yielded four tonnes of fruit, but this year the date yield will be 15 tonnes,” he added.
He also said that he had worked on a new mechanism for the sale of dates, which would allow any trader and the general public to buy dates from . . .
