Bamyan farmers eyeing bumper potato yield
BAMYAN CITY (PAN): Potato production is expected to increase by 30,000 tonnes this year in central Bamyan province due to favourable weather and the successful control of crop diseases, officials...
View ArticleIn Nuristan, ruthless deforestation continues
JALALABAD (PAN): Ruthless deforestation continues unchecked in eastern Nuristan province, with timber being smuggled to neighbouring Pakistan, officials and residents claim.read more
View ArticleAgriculture research centre being built in Parwan
CHARIKAR (PAN): Construction work on an agriculture research and training centre, a $3 million project, was launched in central Parwan province on Tuesday.read more
View ArticleUSAID pledges $65m for Afghan agriculture projects
KABUL (PAN): The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has pledged funding agriculture research and extension projects worth $65 million to be implemented in Afghanistan’s seven...
View Article13-fold increase in Samangan wheat reap
AIBAK (PAN): Wheat production in northern Samangan province has increased 13 times compared to last year’s yield, officials said on Sunday.read more
View ArticleSamangan grapes yield sees huge boost
AIBAK (PAN): Grapes production in the Feroz Nakhchar district of northern Samangan province has increased to 6,000 tonnes in 2012 from last year’s figure of 5,000 tonnes, officials said on Sunday.read...
View ArticleHelmandis want of return to poppy cultivation
LASHKARGAH (PAN): Some farmers of southern Helmand province on Tuesday warned of a return to poppy cultivation if a market was not found for their cotton yield.read more
View ArticleWheat seed being distributed to farmers
KHOST CITY/GHAZNI CITY (PAN): The distribution of improved varieties of wheat seed began in southeastern Khost and southern Ghazni provinces was started on Saturday, officials said.read more
View ArticlePaktika farmers seek training, saffron seeds
SHARAN (PAN): Farmers in southeastern Paktika province want the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock to provide saffron seeds and training programmes for them.read more
View ArticleAgricultural education centre opens in Kabul
KABUL (PAN): Minister of Education Ghulam FarooqWardak on Tuesday opened the National Agricultural Education Centre (NAEC), a Dutch-funded project that trains Afghan teachers for the agricultural...
View ArticleKunduz rice production up by 54,000 tonnes
KUNDUZ CITY (PAN): Rice production in northern Kunduz province has increased by 54,000 tonnes this year, with growers complain of low prices.read more
View ArticleNeed for better water management stressed
KABUL (PAN): Afghanistan needs better water management to cushion drought effects, an official told a South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) gathering in Kabul on Thursday.read more
View ArticleWork on a canal project launched in Takhar
KUNDUZ CITY (PAN): Up to 1,250 acres of land would be irrigated with the construction of a canal in the northern province of Takhar, officials said on Monday.read more
View ArticleOfficial says can’t take on land-grabbers
KUNDUZ CITY (PAN): More than 4,500 acres of state-owned land was grabbed over the past few years by influential individuals and warlords in northern Kunduz province, officials said on Tuesday.read more
View ArticleSaffron projects succeed in Helmand
LASHKARGAH (PAN): After the successful conduct of pilot projects, saffron seeds are being distributed to growers in nearly a dozen districts of southern Helmand province, an official said on...
View Article90pc of Herat saffron yield exported
HERAT CITY (PAN): The agriculture department on Sunday said that 90 percent of saffron produced in western Herat province had been exported to foreign countries during the outgoing year.read more
View ArticleHelmand begins spring tree-plantation drive
LASHKARGAH (PAN): Governor Mohammad Naeem on Wednesday inaugurated a spring tree-plantation drive aimed at growing this year 550 ornamental grass nurseries, including 350 in Lashkargah, the capital of...
View ArticleVegetable cultivation on the rise in Laghman
JALALABAD (PAN): The cultivation of vegetables in the eastern province of Laghman has been increased over the past few years, an official said on Tuesday.read more
View ArticleSpring tree plantation drive launched in Andar
GHAZNI CITY (PAN): About 5,2800 seedlings would be planted as part of a spring tree plantation drive that got underway in the Andar district of southern Ghazni province on Thursday, an official...
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