FARAH CITY (Pajhwok): The severe cold wave has destroyed wheat and barely crops on thousands of acres of land in western Farah province, the agriculture department said on Sunday.
Maulvi Abdul Momeen Faisal, director of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, told Pajhwok Afghan News the cold wave wiped out wheat and barely crops on 37,000 acres of land.
Without elaborating, he said, based on their information, farmers incurred $57 million losses.
He said he had shared the issue with the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) to compensate the farmers, but received no response as yet.
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