MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): The Agriculture Irrigation and Livestock Department of northern Balkh province has estimated this year’s melon harvests at 154,000metric tones --- five percent down from last year’s yield.
On the other hand, Balkh farmers say not only melon harvest has decreased, but its prices have also gone down.
They asked the government to find suitable market for their melon harvest so they could avoid financial losses.
Akhtar Mohammad, a farmer in Balkh district, told Pajhwok Afghan News the melon yield had decreased in the province this year as well as its prices.
He urged the . . .
