JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Farmers, who have grown melons on the land belonging to the Canal Department in eastern Nangarhar province, say natural disasters have damaged their crop this year.
The affected farmers say in the past years, they would collect sufficient melon harvest, but this year the harvest has reduced a lot and they are unable to meet even the input cost.
They asked the Canal Department to reduce the rent of land and provide them with other necessary facilities.
Canal Department officials say 2,000 acres of land belonging to the department was sown with melon this year and they . . .
