Indigo (Pajhwok): Almond orchards in central Daikundi province produced 33,000 metric tons of the dried fruit last solar year, local officials said.
Daikundi agriculture officials linked the decrease in almond yield to drought.
Bashir Ahmad Rafi, Daikundi agriculture director, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Daikundi almond yields increased compared to last year’s harvest, but decreased compared to the previous two years due to drought.
He said that Daikundi had 24 types of almonds grown in 10 districts, of which Shahrestan,Miramur, Nili and Pato districts had the highest almond yields.
Daikundi residents export the fruit annually to provinces . . .
