The Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Department of northern Sar-i-Pul province has estimated this year’s grape harvest at 120 metric tonnes in the province, showing nearly a two-fold increase.
Farmers in southern Helmand province have started the cultivation of Raihan Flower --- Kashmali --- and an increase in its cultivation has been notice now compared to the past, an official said on Sunday.
Women farmers in northern Jawzjan province are calling on the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) to support them by providing refined seeds, fertilizers, and marketing assistance to improve their yields.
Western Herat province has become self-sufficient in producing eggs with the increased number of poultry farms, the Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock says.
Standing crops on more than 2,000 acres of land have been destroyed in recent heavy rains, storms and flash floods in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Sunday.
Eyeing a two-fold surge in pistachio yield this year, officials said hundreds of guards have been hired to secure forests from illegal harvesting in Badghis province.
The Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Department of northern Balkh province says about 500 hectares of land has been cultivated with sunflowers in the province this year –doubled compared to last year.
In the past six months 3,000 tonnes of poultry meat has been produced in northern Kunduz province showing a 58,3 percent increase compared to the previous six months, an official said on Thursday.
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Rice crop has been cultivate on about 3,000 hectares of land, 10 percent up compared to last year, in northern Balkh province, officials
FARAH CITY (Pajhwok): The Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Department in western Farah province estimates this year’s watermelon yield at 541,500 metric tonnes in the province.
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Japanese government is providing USD 10 million in partnership with UNODC to ensure alternative livelihoods for former poppy farmers in Afghanistan, the
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