Afghan Gardeners Need Markets, Storages

Gardeners in Kandahar and Takhar provinces urged the government to build cold storage and find markets so that they could prevent losses in their products.

In an exhibition held by Kandahar’s local officials and DI organization on Saturday, the Afghan gardeners stated that their products have increased but faced a lack of markets.

The exhibition was held in 34 booths, aimed at finding markets for Kandahar’s pomegranates.

The officials, however, promised to accelerate their efforts to find markets for the pomegranates.

Meanwhile, the Gardeners stated that holding exhibitions are not enough, “we need reasonable markets for our products.”

This comes as heavy clashes between Afghan forces and Taliban fighters impose losses in crops of the gardeners in the Kandahar province.

Meanwhile, gardeners in the Warsaj district of Takhar province said that Apple products have been increased in the district but it has been rotted because of lack of market and cold storage.

Local officials of Takhar said that two cold storages are under construction, but acknowledged that it is not enough to keep the whole products.

Apple, apricot, cherries, almond, walnut are the main products of the Warsaj district, said the gardeners.