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Efforts on to promote asafetida cultivation in Helmand

The government has started efforts to promote cultivation of medicinal plant asafetida, deemed as poppy substitute, in southern Helmand province, provincial Agriculture and Livestock Department officials said on Saturday. Engineer Mohammad Aslam Bashardost, the head of Agriculture, Irrigation…

Ghor farmers switch to asafetida as poppy substitute

Farmers in western Ghor province have started growing asafetida as a substitute to poppy after the caretaker government banned the illicit crop. The interim government has banned cultivation of poppy all over the country. Through a decree,…