INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock says that based on projections, this year&s wheat harvest will yield an expected 4.9 million
metric tons.This is an increase of 13 percent against last year&s harvest, officials said.Officials said this year, 2.14 million hectares of
land has been cultivated with wheat & an increase of 6 percent.According to the ministry, wheat that will be harvested this year is a
significant increase against harvests in the last few years
They said the main reason for this was good rains this year.However, vast stretches of agricultural land, including wheat crops, were
destroyed over the past month in devastating flash-floods that swept through northern provinces.Officials meanwhile said that while the
projected harvest will be significant, there will still be a shortfall of wheat needed in the country.According to them, Afghanistan needs
an annual supply of 6.9 million tons in total
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