KABUL (Pajhwok): Basil’s cultivation and yield doubled this year in southern Kandahar province compared to the previous year, but famers are unhappy with the herb’s price in the market.
According to reports, the medicinal and kitchen herb of basil is usually grown once a year. The plant blossoms and it is medicinal plant and is used for some other purposes as well.
Provincial Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation department spokesman Nangialy Samom told Pajhwok Afghan News that basil herb was grown on 800 hectares of land in Kandahar this year, which produced 8,760 tonnes of basil seeds.
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