JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Rice crop cultivation decreased by 30 percent in eastern Nangarhar province this year due to drought, an official said on Sunday.
Agriculture Director Mawlavi Abdul Sattar Mohammad said rice was cultivated on 7,891 hectares of land in the 11 districts of Nangarhar this year.
He added: “Rice is cultivated in Behsud, Sararud, Kama, Khogyani, KozKunar, PachirAgam, Rodat, Momand Dara, Haska Mena, Dara-i-Noor and Batikot districts. This year rice cultivation dropped due to drought.”
According to Mohammad, last year rice was cultivated on more than 13,215 hectares of land that produced 435 tonnes of rice . . .
