MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Growers in northern Balkh province say that natural disasters have tamped down their cotton harvest.
Around two months ago, the Agriculture Department in Balkh told Pajhwok Afghan News the cultivation of cotton had increased by 10 percent and its price surged two times over last year.
Mohammadullah, a farmer from Katakhel area, told this news agency his cotton harvest had declined this year due to natural disasters.
Last year, the grower recalled, he had harvested 1,050 kilograms of cotton from half an acre. But this year, the yield has come down to 560 kilograms.
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