Indigo (Pajhwok): Almond orchards in central Daikundi province produced 33,000 metric tons of the dried fruit last solar year, local officials said. Daikundi agriculture officials linked the decrease in almond yield to drought. Bashir Ahmad Rafi, Daikundi agriculture director, told…
AIBAK (Pajhwok): Snowstorms and heavy rains have damaged 90 percent of almond trees in northern Samangan province, causing millions of afghanis loss to gardeners. A number of Samangan gardeners say they collect hundreds of tons of almond from their orchards…
KUNDUZ CITY (Pajhwok): Agriculture officials in northern Kunduz province say almond weighing 6,500 metric tons has so far been harvested in the province this year --- three percent up over last year’s yield. Majid Nafiz, cultivation affairs in charge at…
AIBAK (Pajhwok): Almond yield in northern Samangan province has decreased by 15 percent and its price on average also declined by 32 percent due to restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in the province. Haji Naqibullah,…
NEILI (Pajhwok): Local officials and gardeners in central Daikundi province report a 20 percent increase almond production this year, but complain about the dried fruit’s dropping price in the market. Sayed Abdul Wahid Ferozi, provincial agriculture, irrigation and livestock director,…
KUNDUZ CITY (Pajhwok): Almond production in northern Kunduz province has increased seven times last year, bringing growers higher incomes, agriculture and livestock officials say. Agriculture Director Addul Basir Faqiri told Pajhwok Afghan News almond yield Imam Sahib, Chardara, Khanabad, Qala-i-Zal…
BAMYAN CITY (Pajhwok): This year almond prices have incased in central Daikundi province, with farmers earning 1.05 billion afghanis from its sales and exports to India, an official said on Saturday. In 2014, the revenue from 7,700 tonnes of almond…
