The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) in cooperation with the Afghanistan National Saffron Union has distributed saffron harvesting and processing equipment and machines to hundreds of farmers in western Herat province.
Pakistan sometimes closed the Torkham crossing for trade and commerce in violation of the APTA agreement and wanted to put pressure on Afghanistan through this way.
To prevent the karakul sheep from extinction in the country, the government of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) wants to create a farm and raise the breed in northern Jawzjan province, an official said on Monday.
Around 600 laying hen farms have a daily production of one million eggs at the moment which has met more than half of the needs of the domestic market.
Soybeans will be cultivated on over 50 acres of land in different districts of eastern Nangarhar province as part of the government’s efforts to promote the cultivation of East Asian crop.
The Agriculture Department of eastern Nangarhar expects this year’s watermelon harvest in the province to surpass 83,000 metric tons from more than 2,000 hectares of land.
The Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Department of northern Balkh province says strawberry crop is cultivated on 75 acres of land in the province, which is estimated to produce 225 tons of the fruit this year.
Acting Agriculture Minister Attaullah Umari has asked international organisations to support Afghanistan’s poppy eradication efforts, a statement said on Tuesday.
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