PUL-I-KHUMARI (Pajhwok): The Agriculture Department of northern Baghlan province has estimated this year’s melon and watermelon harvests in the province at 121,000 metric tons that shows a10 percent increase over last year’s yield.
However, farmers say this year’s melon yield was less than last year’s, but its prices are good.
Mohammad Rasool Khan, a farmer in Dand Ghori area of Pul-i-Khumri, told Pajhwok Afghan News he cultivated melons on his three acres of land, but the harvest was less than last year’s.
He added this year a melon was sold . . .
