Agriculture

ASADABAD (Pajhwok): The Agriculture and Livestock Department of eastern Kunar province says citrus fruit yield has increased by more than 400 tons in the province

PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): A dozen cold storage facilities are being built to preserve onions in central Logar province, an official said on Monday. The . .

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): The Canal Department in eastern Nangarhar province expects a tangerine yield of 2,100 tons from gardens in Batikot district this year. Tangerine gardens

KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): The fish farming business in southern Kandahar province has surged by 40 percent this year, meeting 60 percent of provincial demand, officials said

SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): The production of cotton has increased by five times in northern Jawzjan province during the ongoing year comparing to past three years, an

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Saffron was cultivated on 120 hectares of land in northern Balkh province this year and its yield has also increased, an official says.

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): In cooperation with private sector, olive oil and its achar will be exported to foreign countries after years, an official said on Wednesday.

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Interior (MoI) has termed the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report on the cultivation and production of opium

NEILI (Pajhwok): The cultivation of medicinal plant asafoetida has increased in central Daikundi province and farmers are optimistic about the herb’s promotion. Asafoetida is .

FARAH CITY (Pajhwok): A number of gardeners in western Farah province complain that dozens of their pomegranate orchards affected due to acute drought. Jan Agha