Agriculture

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): The Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock department in eastern Nangarhar province estimates this year’s peach production at nearly 9,000 tons --- 1000 tons .

SAR-I-PUL (Pajhwok): Local officials in northern Sar-i-Pul province say recent floods caused by heavy rains destroyed crops on more than 1 . . .

The Department of Canal in eastern Nangarhar province has pledged to make the province self-sufficient in wheat production in the coming three years by boosting the production capacity.

Rain-induced flash floods destroyed corps on 150 acres of land in central Logar province in last three days, an official said on Tuesday.

The harvesting of the herbal plant Raf has expanded in central Daikundi province and the government generated over 24 million afs revenue last year, an official said has said.

Strawberry has been cultivated on 83 acres of land this year in eastern Nangarhar province and as much as 310 tonnes of yield is expected to be harvested, a statement said on Saturday.

The Agriculture and Irrigation Department, Environmental Protection Authority and the Municipality Departments have jointly launched the plantation drive in central Maidan Wardak province, an official said on Monday.

Some farmers in northern Samangan province have turned to almond and other fruit gardening following a decline in the rate of Asafetida.

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Financed by the European Union (EU), two veterinary clinics have been set up in Sherzad and Khogyani districts of eastern Nangarhar province. Spokesman

Deputy Director of UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Afghanistan Najib Amirzai has pledged cooperation in warding off the threat posed by locusts.

Almost half of the greenhouse crops have been damaged by the recent rainfalls and cold waves in western Farah province, an official said on Wednesday.

Drug-affected countries should assist Afghan farmers with alternatives to poppy cultivation, says the Agriculture Ministry.