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Farmers and livestock owners in northern Baghlan province say their crops have parched due to lack of timely rains and grass in pastures dried up. These farmers and ranchers seek government’s assistance and ask for their problems…
Some farmer in the Khawaja Ghar district of northern Takhar province have expressed their concerns against locust attack on their crops and asked the government for support. Baig Mohammad, one of the farmers from the Khawaja Ghar district…
A campaign has been launched to vaccinate 90,000 cows against the Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) in northern Sar-i-Pul province. Qari Mohammad Ishaq Qureshi, an official of Agriculture and Livestock Department, told Pajhwok Afghan News the Food and Agriculture…
Some farmers in northern Sar-i-Pul province have complained against the unfair use of river water and said the use of water pumps by the residents of Kohistanat district dried up the river water. The claimed that some water…
Some farmers in northern Sar-i-Pul province have said that due to the lack of rainfall and irrigation water most of their wheat crops were had dried up and eradicated Wali Mohammad, a farmer from the Sayyad district,…
Peach yield has surged by 10 percent in southern Helmand province this year compared to the past, an official said on Wednesday. Agriculture Director Mawlavi Zainullah Zahid told Pajhwok Afghan News peach, grapes, palm, fig and pomegranate orchards…
The vaccination of cattle against contagious lumpy skin was launched in central Maidan Wardak province on Sunday with the financial support of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). As part of the campaign that will cost 6.3…
Farmers in northern Jawzjan province have complained that their rain fed wheat and barley crops were about to perish due to drought and asked government or the support. Syed Mansour, 40, is associated with agriculture from the past…
Farmers’ interest in growing strawberries has increased in northern Balkh province where the fruit, eaten freshly and dried, has been grown on 100 acres of land. Farmers and traders say the cultivation of strawberries increased in Balkh following…
In a first, the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment (ACCI) opened its branch in central Uruzgan province on Tuesday. ACCI director Mohammad Younis Momand said their branch in Uruzgan will help ensure coordination among government officials and…
The residents of central Daikundi province have turned to growing Paulownia trees as its wood is used in various industries and its leaves in some medicines. Agriculture companies in Daikundi say Paulownia tree wood is used in making…
Water level in the Dehla Dam of southern Kandahar province has surged which made local farmers thrilled as their lands may receive enough water for irrigation this season. Ahmad Shah, a farmer from the Arghandab district, told Pajhwok…
A number of orchard owners in central Sar-i-Pul province have complained that majority of their fruit trees frozen due to severe cold in winter and the catastrophe had cost them. Abdul Hai, one of the farmers, said…
Afghanistan produced 4,600 metric tonnes of jujube last year, the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MoAIL) said on Thursday. The ministry tweeted that 4,600 metric tonnes of red dates were produced in the country last year. It…
Strawberry has been cultivated on 30 acres land in six districts of eastern Nangarhar province with each acre producing 800 kilograms of strawberry, an official said on Saturday. The land fruit was grown in two districts on the…
Some farmers in northern Kunduz province have said that they started the cultivation of Asafoetida also known as hing because it proved to be profitable agriculture product. They said that hing was a natural herbal those who…
During the past one year, fruit orchards were established on 725 acres of land in western Farah province, Agriculture and Livestock Department officials said on Thursday. Maulavi Abdul Ghani Abed, the head of Agriculture and Livestock Department, told…
Some Livestock owners in central Daikundi province have expressed concern regarding the spread of Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) that already resulted in the loss of some animals and urged government immediate support in this regard. Jan Mohammad, a…
People and farmers in southern Helmand province have hoped to harvest bumper crops this season and erosion of drought due to recent immoderate rainfalls in the province. Wali Jan, the resident of Nawa district told Pajhwok Afghan News,…
An agriculture complex worth $300,000 has been built in northern Kunduz province, creating job opportunities for hundreds of people. Director of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Maulvi Amanullah Hassan told Pajhwok Afghan News the complex was constructed by…
The government has started efforts to promote cultivation of medicinal plant asafetida, deemed as poppy substitute, in southern Helmand province, provincial Agriculture and Livestock Department officials said on Saturday. Engineer Mohammad Aslam Bashardost, the head of Agriculture, Irrigation…
On a visit to central Bamyan province, the deputy minister of agriculture has said 334 million afghanis will be earmarked for the development of the province’s agriculture sector next solar year. Maulvi Sadr-i-Azam, deputy Agriculture, Irrigation and…
The ‘Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’ (IEA) has banned hemp cultivation nationwide and conveyed to the people that nobody is allowed to grow hemp on their fields, according to a statement on Saturday. The statement issued by the Administrative…
The business of tree saplings is booming with the arrival of spring season in Jalalabad, the capital city of eastern Nangarhar province. Annually millions of fruit-bearing and ornamental tree saplings are planted in Nangarhar, but majority of them…
