PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): Despite the ongoing drought and plant disease, tomato production increased in northern Baghlan province this year, an official said on Wednesday.
Wali Amarkhil, head of the information department at the provincial Department of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, told Pajhwok more than 22000 metric tons of tomatoes were harvested this year in the province despite the drought and plant diseases.
Last year, 8,898 hectares of land was sown with tomatoes, which produced 21,630 metric tons of tomato, but this year, 22,760 metric tons of tomatoes were collected from the same land.
Amarkhil said they . . .
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Raz Mohammad
