KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Agriculture , Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) has engaged a Nigerian company to develop a market-based input distribution technology for it. The initiative will help Afghanistan ’s drive for autarky in wheat...

GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): Farmers in southern Ghazni province were on Tuesday distributed some agriculture equipment to boost their production. Addressing a gathering here, Governor Abdul Mateen recalled farmers had been distributed 120 pistachio...

KABUL (Pajhwok): The agriculture minister of Czech Republic, who arrived in Kabul on Thursday, said his country was ready to cooperate with Afghanistan in developing its agriculture sector.

GARDEZ (Pajhwok): The Agriculture Livestock’s and irrigation Department in southeastern Paktika province has launched work on 41 million afghanis orchard, vegetable and poultry projects, an official said on Tuesday. Agriculture Director Walid Ahmad...

KABUL (Pajhwok): Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) hosted a half-day training workshop on the United Nation Global Marketplace (UNGM) tool use for registration in Kabul, the organization said on Thursday. The Wednesday’s...

AIBAK (Pajhwok): Thousands of people have illegally started harvesting pistachio nuts from government forests in northern Samangan province before reaching maturity, an official said Saturday. The pistachio jungles in Samangan are protected by local...

ZARANJ (Pajhwok): Wheat and barley production has increased two times in southeastern Nimroz province this year, an official said on Tuesday. Agriculture Director Mohammad Akbar Sharifi, in an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, said the...

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Bumper production of watermelon in the Batikot district of eastern Nangarhar province has created thousands of work opportunities, leaving a positive impact on the security situation.

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): The construction of a 650 meters irrigation canal has been launched in Paron, the capital of eastern Nuristan province, an official said on Wednesday. Governor Hafiz Abdul Qayyum told Pajhwok Afghan News the canal would be built...