MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Cotton yield has doubled this year compared to last year’s harvest in northern Balkh province, but growers are complaining about its reduced price.
Agriculture Department officials say cotton was grown on 28,000 hectares of land in Balkh this year, producing 40,000 metric tons of cotton.
Balkh Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Department official Mohammad Hussain Azimi told Pajhwok cotton harvest had doubled compared to last year’s.
He said: “Fortunately cotton was planted on about 28,000 hectares of land in Nahrshahi, Chaharbulak, Chamtal, Dehdad and Shulgar districts and 40,000 metric tons of . . .
