More than 74,000 doses of vaccines will be administered to household animals during a campaign launched on Monday in northern Kunduz province, officials said.
SAR-I-PUL (Pajhwok): Some farmers in northern Sar-i-Pul province have urged the caretaker government to provide them with alternative source of income to replace poppy cultivation.
A number of local gardeners and traders in northwestern Faryab say that this year the level of raisin production in the province has doubled, but the price of this product has dropped sharply.
More than 3,000 tonnes of sweet orange yield estimated in eastern Nangarhar province this season as the gardens conditions are satisfactory, an official said on Wednesday.
Thirty-one farmers have been arrested for cultivating opium poppies on their lands in northeastern Badakhshan province, security officials said on Sunday.
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Cultivated on 300 hectares of land, saffron yield has reached 1.5 metric tonnes in northern Balkh province this year, an . . .
Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Department officials say persimmon harvest is estimated to surpass 800 tons in the province this year, when more orchards were established on 195 acres of land.
The Balkh Department of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock says 32 large dairy farms are operating in the northern province, producing 1,050 metric tons of milk annually.
The Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Department of western Farah province says about 13,500 tonnes of mung beans have been harvested in the province this year, showing a 74 percent spike over last year’s yield.
Some farmers in central Daikundi province say pistachio tree planting has recently gained momentum in the province because its trees are well-suited to the climate of most districts.
Some gardeners in northeastern Badakhshan province have complained about the shortage of standard cold stores for the protection of their yield and asked the government to address their problem by constructing cold stores.
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