KABUL (Pajhwok): The price of tomato has jumped fourfold in the last one month in Kabul as the crop could not be kept in cold storages due to absence of the facility in winter.
A month ago, the price of seven kilograms of tomato in Kabul was around 40 afghanis, but now it has reached more than 170 afghanis.
Agriculture officials say there is currently no cold storages available in the country to store tomato. Tomato price jumped fourfold in Kabul with the arrival of autumn.
KhwajahSubhanalla, a vegetable and fruit market vendor in TahyaMaskan area of Kabul, told Pajhwok . . .
