The only woman saffron exporter in western Herat province says the government should support and facilitate their participation in international exhibitions. She has provided jobs to many women who are the only breadwinners of their families. Nasima…
With the eighth Saffron Flower Festival around the corner in western Herat province, saffron businessmen say the government should provide them with more facilities in exporting their products to foreign countries and in obtaining visas. According to…
The 8th National Saffron Festival has been held in western Herat province in the presence of local officials and hundreds of residents.
Saffron was cultivated on 120 hectares of land in northern Balkh province this year and its yield has also increased, an official says. Balkh Agriculture and Irrigation Director Shamsuddin Khalid told Pajhwok Afghan News on Monday that saffron…
The Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Department says efforts are ongoing to promote saffron cultivation in in southern Helmand province. Haji Shah Mohammad Khan, an official of the department, told Pajhwok Afghan News that research in recent years had…
Officials say Turkey is willing to buy saffron produced in western Herat province, welcoming the expansion of economic and cultural cooperation between the two countries. Governor Maulana Noor Ahmad Islamyar met Turkey’s Deputy Ambassador Changis Idimir and…
The Saffron Farmers Association in western Herat province on Thursday said around 50 percent of saffron produced in the province this year could not be exported abroad. Bashir Ahmad Rashidi, the Afghanistan Saffron farmers’ association head in…
The Agriculture. In an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, Hafizullah Sayedi, the director of Kandahar Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock department, said that besides the government’s 233 million afghanis, donor organizations also provided 360 million afghanis budget…
Haji Gul Mohammad, 60-year old, who is also known as Saffron Baba in Khakrez district of southern Kandahar province, says saffron crop requires less water and labor and gives satisfactory yield compared to poppy. Haji Gul Mohammad…
Saffron has been grown this year for the first time in southeastern Khost province, giving satisfactory yield in some areas, officials and farmers say. Satisfied with the production level, farmers urged the government to find a suitable…
KABUL would export 2000 kilograms of saffron each year to India’s Mumbai city under an agreement with MIK company, an official said on Friday. Mumbai-based Afghanistan commercial attaché Abdul Nafi Sarwari told Pajhwok Afghan News that acting Afghan minister of…
Saffron was grown for the first time in the capital and some districts of southwestern Nimroz province this year, producing satisfactory yield in some areas, local officials say. Eng. Mohammad Akbar Sharifi, agriculture, irrigation and livestock director of…
Saffron growers in western Herat province say they are concerned about the 50 percent decline in the crop’s price in international markets. According to farmers, last year the price of one kilogram of Afghanistan’s saffron was 100,000…
KABUL and Livestock said on Saturday. Afghanistan performed extra-ordinarily at the Dubai agriculture show, where more than nine billion contracts were signed for dry fruits, including $1.2 million for purchase of Afghan saffron by Saudi traders. A statement from the…
The residents of central Daikundi province have been taking more interest in cultivation of saffron as this year’s saffron yield reached 50 kilograms, local officials say. According to farmers and agriculture officials, Daikundi’s water and climate is suitable…
A laboratory to assess the quality of saffron produced in Afghanistan was inaugurated in western Herat province on Saturday, officials said, hoping the first-of-its-kind facility would help boost the plant’s export to international markets. Bashir Ahmad Ahmadi,…
The 2nd Saffron Flower National Festival kicked off on Wednesday in western Herat province -- a major saffron producing region in Afghanistan. The festival at the Maulana Jalaluddin Mohammad Balkhi hall in Herat City, the provincial…
More than four tonnes of saffron spice were produced in 2015 in western Herat province, indicating a 25 percent increase over 2014, agriculture officials said on Tuesday. Because of the higher yield of saffron in the province,…
Due to recent disruptive activities in northern Kunduz province, saffron corms have not been distributed to farmers this year. Extension Manger of Kunduz Agriculture DepartmentAbdul baser Faqiri said they planned to distribute nearly 4,000 tonnes of saffron…
The income of women has improved with a three-foldincrease saffron yield in northern Jawzjan provincethis year, an official said on Tuesday. Saffron corns were distributed to 200 farmers, including 125 women, in the provinces, for trial cultivation in…
