LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Fruit saplings will be planted on over 500 acres of land in southern Helmand province coming solar year, an official said on Wednesday.
Haji Shah Mohammad Khan, Orchard Development director at the provincial Agriculture Department, told Pajhwok Afghan News during an exclusive chat that pistachio saplings will be planted on 100 acres of land, date sapling on 250 acres of land and the remaining land will be used for different types of fruit saplings.
He said in the past fruit farms were cultivated on over 300 acres of land but those trees dried up due to continued drought . . .
