Agriculture

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): The Canal Department of eastern Nangarhar province says its date orchard is expected to yield up to 23 tonnes of dates this year,

Afghanistan's total arable land is more than three million hectares, of which 2.1 million hectares are irrigated and 917,000 hectares is rain fed, an official said on Wednesday.

Government has announced the plantation of 16 million fruits and non-fruit saplings nationwide in the next solar year.

A farmer in the Taniayo district of southeastern Khost province has cultivated green tea for the first time and said the result was satisfactory.

PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): The Chamber of Commerce and Investment of central Logar province says the province exported over 1.1 million tonnes of agriculture . . .

The walnut yield in central Panjsher province has fallen to around 200 metric tonnes this year, down from 235 metric tonnes last year, says the Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Department.

There are about 300 active poultry farms in northeastern Badakhshan province, which on average produce 56 tons of chicken daily, local officials said on Wednesday.

Efforts underway to promote dairy production and for this purpose the livestock farm of the Canal Department in eastern Nangarhar province was being be developed, an official said on Monday.

Gardeners in central Maidan Wardak province have complained about the non-availability of proper markets for apples saying 150,000 tonnes of apples produced this year 10 percent of which is export, one percent is stored and major portion is sold at a low rate or spoiled.

The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says deforestation continues to be a significant challenge in Afghanistan, causing considerable environmental damage.

Farmers in northwestern Nimroz province have expressed satisfaction with the release of water from Kamal Khan Dam after six months of waiting. They are hoping to gain better agricultural yields in the coming year.

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): About 3.851 million trees will be planted as part of a spring tree plantation campaign in Jalalabad city and districts of eastern .