Small-scale farmers are expected to harvest about 150,000 tons of grapes in Herat province this year, agriculture department officials said Sunday. The Herat Department of Agriculture and Livestock said more than 60 percent of these grapes will become raisins and then exported. “We are now in the grape harvest season; fortunately, Herat plays an important
Beekeepers in Herat province say honey production has doubled this year thanks to recent rain and favorable weather. Beekeepers will harvest up to 200 tons of honey this year. The Herat Department of Agriculture and Livestock also says that the beekeeping industry in the province has improved compared to previous years, and that there are
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Herat’s Department of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock says that due to favorable weather conditions and the interest of farmers, the cultivation of strawberries in this province has flourished and that currently over 100 hectares is being used to grow this popular fruit.
Bashir Ahmad Ahmadi, acting head of Herat’s agriculture department, said that with the increase in cultivated areas, it is expected that the strawberry yield in the province will exceed 150 metric tons this year.
Ahmadi says that strawberries are grown in both greenhouses and outdoors, but many farmers are now growing them in greenhouses.
Pistachio Yields Increased in Herat
2021-01-14
Lashkargah (BNA) Pistachio yields in Herat have increased compared to last year.
According to the statistics provided, 11,000 tons of pistachios have been harvested from the forests of Herat this year, while this figure was less than 10,000 tons last year.
There are 14,000 hectares of pistachio forests in Herat. Most of these forests are located in Kashk-e-Kohneh, Kashk-e-Robat-e-Sangi and Golran districts.
Idris Zalal, director of horticulture extension at the Herat Department of Agriculture, told BNA that in addition to forests, pistachio orchards and gardeners’ advertisements for new horticultural methods are the main reasons for the increase in pistachio yields in the western province.