KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): More than half of fish farms in southern Kandahar province have been shut due to drought and the past conflict and most of them are replaced by imported Pakistani fish.
Eng.MohammadullahNoori, promotion manager at Kandahar agriculture department, told Pajhwok Afghan News that until last year about 1,833 fish farms had been set up in Kandahar, most of which were closed now.
He said drought and conflicts this year forced many to close their farms.
He added that about 6,800 metric tonnes of fish meat was supplied to the market from fish farms in Kandahar . . .
