[Afghanistan] - Afghanistan's wheat production for this year up by 10%

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Afghanistan&& s National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) states this (solar) year&& s production of wheat totalled 4.83
million metric lots throughout the nation, a boost of about 10% against in 2015
NSIA says the overall location cultivated with wheat in Afghanistan this year is 12.2 million hectares
The directorate said in total, about 70 percent of cultivated agricultural land in the country is being utilized for wheat.Officials stated
the main factor for the good harvest was prompt rains and the switch from poppy farming to wheat
This increase is invited by authorities, whose objective it is to encourage farmers to grow the cereal in order for the nation to become
self-sufficient
Currently Afghanistan requires an overall of practically 7 million metric tons of wheat a year in order to cover the population&& s
requirements
In order to determine the amount of wheat grown in the nation, NSIA examined satellite images from the time of growing to harvest
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