Construction of 903 Saffron Demonstration Farms in 34 provinces
Sunbola 3: August 24, 2020
The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock since the beginning of the fiscal year 1399 has undertaken the Construction of 903 Demonstration Saffron farms, most of which have been built.
Each of these saffron Demonstration Farms has been built on a half-acre in 34 provinces, By the end of the cultivation time, all these parts have been made.
Also in the first half of the current fiscal year, to build one thousand Hectares of new Pistachio Orchards in Kabul, Ghazni, Maidan Wardak, Logar, Bamyan, Daikundi, Balkh, Paktia, Jawzjan, Sar-e-Pul, Samangan, Baghlan, Badakhshan, Takhar, Faryab, Kunduz provinces.
Pistachio seeds are distributed in Nangarhar, Kunar, Laghman, Herat, Paktika, Uruzgan, Kandahar, Helmand, Farah, Badghis, Nimroz and Zabol.
On the other hand, 285 Hectares of Pistachio orchards were transplanted in Ghazni, Logar, Paktia, Balkh, Jawzjan, Sar-e-Pul, Samangan, Baghlan, Badakhshan, Takhar, Faryab, Kunduz, Nangarhar, Kunar, Laghman, Herat, Khost, Paktika Uruzgan, Kandahar, Helmand, Farah, Badghis and Zabul provinces have started and are scheduled to end by the end of the season.
Meanwhile, construction of 50 compost production units has started in Kabul, Kapisa, Logar, Paktia, Balkh, Jawzjan, Sar-e-Pul, Baghlan, Kunduz, Nangarhar, Kunar, Laghman, Herat, Khost and Kandahar provinces and to The end of fiscal year is going to be finished.
The Ministry of Agriculture has also distributed 70 sets of mushrooms to 70 women in Kabul.