JALALABAD (Pajhwok): The Canal Department of eastern Nangarhar province has started harvesting olives and officials expect to produce about 300 tonnes of olive oil and pickle from the yield.
The Canal Department workers have already starting producing pickle and will start producing olive oil soon, officials say.
Syed Humayun Gharibmal, Canal Project spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News 300 tonnes of olives would be collected from the orchards and one third of the harvest would be processed into pickle and two thirds crushed to extract oil.
However, he said the olive orchards went through pruning process which had a negative impact . . .
