Farmers in western Farah province have turned to cultivating cotton crop that has good harvest this year. Abdul Ghani Abid, an official of the Agriculture Department, said cotton harvest doubled this year and the government was striving…
The Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Department in southern Kandahar province says cotton crop is cultivated on 1200 hectares of land in the province this year --- 30 percent up over last year’s cultivation. Maulvi Shams Rahman, director…
Growers in northern Balkh province say that natural disasters have tamped down their cotton harvest. Around two months ago, the Agriculture Department in Balkh told Pajhwok Afghan News the cultivation of cotton had increased by 10 percent and…
Pakistani businessmen have been delaying the payment of $20 million to Afghan cotton growers on different pretexts, an official said on Tuesday. Syed Sarwar Amani, head of the Kandahar Chamber of Mines and Industry, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Despite persistent electricity issues, the number of cotton-processing factories and the production of pure cotton oil have increased in southern Kandahar province. The cotton-processing level in Kandahar rose to 300,000 tonnes this solar year, showing a 40…
Farmers in central Uruzgan province have grown cotton on their land instead of poppy, saying cotton is a better and safe alternative for the illicit plant. However, the farmers asked the government to provide facilities for processing cotton…
Bost Enterprise of southern Helmand province has resumed operations after months of suspension and would buy 4,000 tons of cotton worth 260 million afghanis from local farmers, an official said on Tuesday. For more than two months after…
