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Agricultural projects worth $300 million implemented last year: Umari

Agricultural projects worth $300 million implemented last year: Umari

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29 Aug 2024 - 19:12
Agricultural projects worth $300 million implemented last year: Umari
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29 Aug 2024 - 19:12

KABUL (Pajhwok): Over 270 projects worth $300 million have been implemented in the agriculture, irrigation and livestock sectors, and 1.3 million afs distributed to farmers and ranchers to support the agriculture and livestock sector, an official said on Thursday.

Acting Agriculture Minister Attaullah Umari while addressing reporters here said the creation of the Agriculture Development Fund to support the agriculture and livestock sector and granting 1.3 billion Afghanis from this fund to farmers, ranchers and the private sector is one of the major activities of this ministry during the last year.

Deputy Agriculture Minister Sadr-i-Azam Usmani said the distribution of 33,000 metric tons of modified wheat seeds and 54,000 metric tons of chemical fertilizers to 660,000 farmers, as well as protecting 80,000 hectares of land from the spread of epidemic pests, are other major activities of this ministry.

He said during the last one year, this ministry has implemented 271 projects with a total value of 300 million dollars in agriculture, irrigation and livestock sectors in coordination with partner departments.

He said the artificial insemination of 300,000 cows in order to promote the improved generation of dairy cows, the application of vaccines to more than 16 million animals and the treatment of more than 9 million animals in different provinces of the country, as well as the upgrading of poultry farms from 1,500 to 3,500 farms are among the other functions of this ministry during the past year.

Usmani said in the past year, 1.7 million hectares of forests and 30 million hectares of grasslands have been protected and cared in 34 provinces, and 125,200 saplings have been planted for reforestation.

Baz Mohammad Faizan, secretary Irrigation and Natural Resources, said Last year, five cold storage rooms with a total capacity of about 1,190 metric tons were built in Maidan Wardak, Kabul and Laghman, and 11 cold storage rooms were built for drying fruits in different provinces

He said the construction work of 138 check dams is going on in 10 provinces in order to strengthen the underground water, these dams would be completed and put into operation soon.

Mawlavi Mahmood Mazloum, the land authority director at the Ministry of Agriculture, said the registration of 1.7 million Jeribs of returned land in the Land Bank and the leasing of 14,312 acres of land for the purposes of agricultural, industrial and commercial activities are among the other achievements of this ministry last year.

In order to strengthen the agriculture and livestock sector and explore markets for agricultural products, the ministry launched agricultural exhibitions in the spring and autumn seasons.

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