Agriculture

SAR-I-PUL (Pajhwok): A number of livestock owners say the recent snowfall has covered all pastures in northern Sar-i-Pul province and their animals are at risk

KALAT (Pajhwok): Almond yield in southern Zabul province has increased by 23 percent this year and mostly imported to India and Pakistan, an official said

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Police have destroyed poppy, hashish and other similar illicit plants on 1500 acres of land in eastern Nangarhar province during an ongoing campaign

TALOQAN (Pajhwok):  Farmers in northern Takhar province are happy with the heavy snowfall this year, saying the upcoming year will be promising. According to them,

FARAH CITY (Pajhwok): The recent freezing cold wave has affected green houses in western Farah province, with farmers suffering $3.5 million losses, according to .

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Farmers and traders in eastern Nangarhar province say peanut yield has increased this year compared to last year’s harvest, but they need .

  TIRINKOT (Pajhwok): Growers in central Uruzgan province say asafoetida, if properly marketed, could be a good alternative to poppy cultivation. The cultivation of asafoetida,

SHEBERGHAN (Pajhwok): Acting Agriculture Minister Mawlavi Attaullah Umari has pledged to develop agriculture sector in northern Jawzjan province and take back usurped lands. “We already

SAR-I-PUL CITY (Pajhwok): Agriculture and Irrigation Minister Maulvi Attaullah Omari during his trip to northern Sar-i-Pul province said that all water . . .

FEROZKOH CITY (Pajhwok): Farmers in western Ghor province have started growing asafetida as a substitute to poppy after the caretaker government banned the illicit crop.