KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): Fig yield has decreased by 50 percent in southern Kandahar province this year due to drought, diseases and unseasonal rains.
Kandahar Chamber of Commerce officials say due to the decreased fig harvest, the level of export of the dried fruit will be less than in the past.
Maulvi Shamsur Rahman Musa, agricultural affairs head at the Kandahar Department of Agriculture and Livestock, told Pajhwok Afghan News first drought and then unseasonal rains heavily damaged fig orchards this year and its yield decreased.
Fig orchards have been established on 30,000 hectares of land in Kandahar, producing more than . . .
