Agriculture

Recent rainfall revives Afghanistan’s agriculture, renews hope for farmers

Experts and farmers in several provinces of the country have highlighted improvements in agriculture following recent rainfall, describing it as an opportunity to revive vegetation cover and reduce the impacts of drought.

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2 million trees to be planted in Nangarhar this spring

Yousuf Zarifi

29 Jan 2018 - 18:01

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Some two million seedlings have been grown at government and private nurseries in eastern Nangarhar province for the upcoming spring tree plantation .

Nearly 11 tons of Afghan saffron earn $18m: MAIL

Ahmad Shah Erfanyar

28 Jan 2018 - 17:21

KABUL, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) on Sunday announced that farmers earned $18 million . . .

USAID, FAO launch 3-year agriculture development project

Zarghona Salehi

16 Jan 2018 - 18:07

KABUL Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have launched the Promoting Value Chains–West . . .

14 water reservoirs completed in Samangan

Mohammad Barat

14 Jan 2018 - 20:43

AIBAK (Pajhwok): Construction work on 14 water reservoirs having the capacity to store 500 cubic meters water has been completed at a total cost .

Kabul receives first wheat shipment from Delhi via Iran

Zarghona Salehi

13 Jan 2018 - 22:45

KABUL (Pajhwko): The first shipment of 2,200 tons of wheat has arrived in Kabul . . .

First-ever saffron quality control lab opens in Herat

Storai Karimi

13 Jan 2018 - 19:01

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): A laboratory to assess the quality of saffron produced in Afghanistan was inaugurated . . .

Taxed by govt & rebels, orange growers complain of double whammy

Yousuf Zarifi

21 Dec 2017 - 15:55

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Hundreds of orange orchards have ripened in the Batikot district of eastern Nangarhar province, but farmers complain the

Saffron cultivation increases in Kabul: Official

Azizullah Hamdard

4 Dec 2017 - 16:34

KABUL (Pajhwok): Saffron Flower exhibition was launched in capital Kabul on Monday, amid increased cultivation . . .

5 canals consolidated in Samangan

Pajhwok Report

25 Nov 2017 - 18:42

AIBAK (Pajhwok): Work on consolidating five canals has been completed at a cost of 28.5 million afghanis by the

3 Kunduz agriculture officials face graft charges

Ajmal kakar

21 Nov 2017 - 17:48

KUNDUZ CITY (Pajhwok): The Appellate Court in northern Kunduz province has detained three provincial agriculture department . . .

US-funded 32 irrigation networks to benefit 44,000 Afghans

Mohammad Halim Karimi

18 Nov 2017 - 19:46

KABUL (Pajhwok): Thirty-two modern irrigation networks are being established in eight provinces . . .

Chicken being distributed to 2,200 Parwan women

Ahmad Fareed Tanha

16 Nov 2017 - 15:24

CHARIKAR in central Parwan province, an official said on Thursday. Abdul Karim . . .

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