Afghanistan’s agricultural sector will only develop once the industry has been mechanized, the minister of agriculture and livestock said on Wednesday. Speaking at an event to...
Herat Directorate of Agriculture and Livestock says more than 3,500 boxes of silkworms have been distributed to farmers this year in Zinda Jan, Injil, Guzara and...
Floods that killed at least 13 people in Italy’s northern Emilia-Romagna region caused billions of euros’ worth of damage and hit agriculture particularly hard, the regional...
Laghman officials say a total of $3 million will be invested into the local agricultural sector by three private companies. One of the key areas to...
The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock said on Thursday that in the past year, more than 72,000 metric tons of cotton has been harvested in...
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s ministry of agriculture, irrigation and livestock said Wednesday that farmers had in the past solar year, 1401, harvested a whopping 337...
The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) said on Friday efforts are underway to develop investment in the agriculture sector. According to the officials, the investment...
Farmers and traders in eastern Nangarhar province say peanut yields have increased since March, compared to last year’s harvest. Local officials say peanut crops were planted...
Cultivation of saffron as an alternative to opium has yielded positive results in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province, as officials say every acre of land has produced...
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, first deputy prime minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), on Wednesday admitted that the government has not done any fundamental...
More areas of land have been cultivated with cotton in southern Helmand province after the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) imposed a ban on poppy cultivation....
Chamber of Agriculture and Livestock officials said Wednesday that 50 percent of the saffron exporting companies in the country have stopped operating due to a number...
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Haibatullah Akhundzada, announced in a decree Sunday the appointment of Ataullah Omari, former deputy defense minister, as...
Japan’s ambassador to Afghanistan has announced that his country will invest $14 million in Afghanistan’s agriculture and development programs. The Japanese ambassador to Kabul Takashi Okada,...
Recent rain across a large part of Afghanistan has helped increase the level of Salma Dam in Herat province, enabling authorities to activate all three power-generating...
Chamber of Agriculture and Livestock officials said this week that due to a decrease in demand for saffron, cultivation of this spice has dropped off significantly...
Nangarhar officials said Friday that strawberry harvests in the eastern Afghan province have increased to 170 metric tonnes this year. According to the Nangarhar agriculture department,...
Afghanistan’s First Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar said on Saturday that efforts are underway to make the country self-reliant in every field. Addressing a...
President Ashraf Ghani said on Thursday at a ceremony related to agriculture that 10,685 cold storage units have been constructed across the country, said the Presidential...
Afghanistan’s Statistics and Information Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) has recorded a solid yield in the cultivation and harvest of beetroot...