PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): Onions yield has dropped by 50 percent in northern Baghlan province but its price increased three fold this season, an official said on Thursday.
Wali Amarkhel, spokespersons for the Agriculture and Livestock Department, told Pajhwok Afghan News 103,000 metric tonnes of onions harvested from 2707 hectares land in the province this year.
Onions were cultivated on the same area this year and last year, but this year the yield was down by 50pc.
He said in the initial stage drought and in the later stage unexpected rainfall damaged the onions crop.
He said last year . . .
