Agriculture

Woman-led dairy farm in Jawzjan creates jobs opportunities

A woman entrepreneur in northern Jawzjan province has transformed a small dairy initiative into a growing business that produces dairy products and creates jobs for women.

Rainfall boosts soil moisture, supports Afghan rain-fed crops: FAO

Nearly 19m saplings to be planted nationwide this spring

UNODC vows cooperation in alternative livelihood, rehabilitation of addicts

Cold storage facility to be built at Kabul airport

Pajhwok Report

26 Jun 2016 - 15:52

KABUL (Pajhwok): A cold-storage facility for agricultural products would be built at the Hamid . . .

Badakhshan pistachio forests being revived

Mohammad Gul Tanha

25 Jun 2016 - 16:11

FAIZABAD (Pajhwok): The Badakhshan Agriculture Department on Monday announced 100-hectare pistachio forests were being rehabilitated . . .

Badakhshan pistachio forests being revived

Mohammad Gul Tanha

25 Jun 2016 - 16:11

FAIZABAD (Pajhwok): The Badakhshan Agriculture Department on Monday announced 100-hectare pistachio forests were being rehabilitated . . .

Farah exports watermelon worth 2b afghanis this year

Mohammad Humayon Zahin

22 Jun 2016 - 17:01

FARAH CITY (Pajhwok): There has been a drastic increase in the yield of watermelon in western Farah province and so far this summer the .

Nimroz Watermelon, Melon yield up by 80%

Ramin

19 Jun 2016 - 16:33

ZARANJ (Pajhwok): There has been 80 percent increase in the watermelon and melon yield this year compared to the previous year in southwestern Nimroz .

Wheat production in Kunduz drops by 20pc this year

Ajmal kakar

18 Jun 2016 - 15:55

KUNDUZ CITY (Pajhwok): More than 184,000 hectares of land have been cultivated with wheat in northern Kunduz province, but the yield . . .

Greenhouse cultivation up by 50pc in Farah

Mohammad Humayon Zahin

21 May 2016 - 16:38

FARAH CITY (Pajhwok): Area under greenhouse cultivation has increased by 50 percent in western Farah province, compared to last year’s, enabling farmers to . .

Greenhouse cultivation up by 50pc in Farah

Mohammad Humayon Zahin

21 May 2016 - 16:38

FARAH CITY (Pajhwok): Area under greenhouse cultivation has increased by 50 percent in western Farah province, compared to last year’s, enabling farmers to . .

Takhar’s rain-fed land set to produce bumper potato crop

Pajhwok Report

13 May 2016 - 17:22

TALOQAN (Pajhwok): Rain-fed lands in five districts of northern Takhar province are set to produce a bumper potato crop this year, local officials . .

First National Honeybee Day observed amid complaints

Zaghona Salehi

12 May 2016 - 21:10

KABUL (Pajhwok): As the ‘National Honey Bee Day’ was marked for the first time in . . .

Solar water pumps transforming Herat farming

Storai Karimi

4 May 2016 - 18:00

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): The use of solar water pumps has significantly decreased farmland irrigation costs in western Herat province. The installation of . . .

Orchards being planted on over 1,000 acres of Samangan land

Mohammad Barat

11 Apr 2016 - 17:25

AIBAK (Pajhwok): Orchards of different fruits are being planted on 1065.5 acres of land in northern Samangan province this year, officials said on . .

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