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    Nangarhar achieves record wheat production

    JALALABAD (PAN): Wheat production in eastern Nangarhar province reached a record high level of 300,000 metric tonnes this year, almost double the harvest of the prior three years, an agriculture of



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    Japan to help Afghanistan produce seeds, fertiliser

    KABUL(PAN): The Japanese government will provide Afghanistan $11 million in assistance to help the agriculture ministry produce improved quality wheat seeds and chemical fertilisers, a Cabinet mini



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    Food shortages feared in Samangan

    AIBAK (PAN): Lack of a proper irrigation system and an ongoing dry spell could lead to severe food shortages in the northern province of Samangan, farmers and officials warned on Monday.



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    Wheat price up by 40pc in Samangan

    AIBAK (PAN): The price of wheat increased by 40 percent over the last two weeks due to inadequate rains and high demand in northern Samangan province, residents complained on Tuesday.



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    Bamyan potato harvest set to rise

    KABUL (PAN): The potato harvest would rise by 18 percent in central Bamyan province as a result of better seeds purchased with loans from the Agricultural Development Fund, the agriculture minister



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    Agro tools donated to Ghazni farmers

    GHAZNI CITY (PAN): Growers from the Khwaja Omari district of southern Ghazni province received agricultural assistance, including farm spray pumps and shears, on Saturday, an official said.



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    $1.3m loan disbursed to Nangarhar farmers

    JALALABAD (PAN): The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock disbursed loans worth $1.3 million (59.28 afghanis) to growers and a factory in the eastern province of Nangarhar, officials s



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    Kunduz farmers concerned at grasshopper threat

    KUNDUZ CITY (PAN): Farmers in northern Kunduz province are concerned about a looming grasshopper attack on their crops, accusing the authorities concerned of failing to ward off such threats.