Business
Gardeners Criticized Aiding Process
Scores of Gardeners across the country have criticized the aiding process saying aids are being distributed to the determined persons, saying we have not received any aids from the Ministry of Agriculture and livestock to standardize the harvests and being encouraged to grow more fruits.
Meanwhile officials in Chamber of Commerce and Industry have demanded the Ministry of Agriculture and livestock to standardize the Agriculture system and support Gardeners.
Gardener Adamkhan said,” Ministry of Agriculture and live stock has yet to provide us aids to help us grow more fruits and increase our products.”
“ We collect low products, Government and Ministry of Agriculture and livestock don’t care about farmers and gardeners, most of our fresh fruits is being spoiled here before it gets to the markets Mohammad Hafiz Gardener said,”
Officials in Chamber of Commerce and Industry have confirmed that Kandahar gardeners and farmers are facing huge problems and no aids have been provided yet.
Deputy of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Yunus Mohmand said,” No aids has been given to the gardeners to increase their products and standardize the processing of their products, there is no market for fresh and dry fruits in Kandahar.”
Officials in Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock stated that efforts are underway to standardize the Agriculture system in the country.
Acting Minister of Agriculture and livestock MirAmanudding Haidari said,” efforts are underway to help and assist the Agriculture system to become standardize, we will support all the farmers and gardeners based on what we have on our hands.”
The efforts come after that Afghanistan has been suffering from poor and traditional Agriculture system for decade’s not effective and important steps has been taken to standardize the Agriculture system in the country.
Reported by Aslam Hejaab
Business
Commerce ministry inks 10 MoUs to boost development of small and medium-sized businesses
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry said Thursday it has signed cooperation agreements with ten institutions to support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises.
Nooruddin Azizi, Acting Minister of Commerce and Industry, said: “In the implementation of projects, we must pay special attention to our activities and actions and try to make useful use of the projects according to the requirements and benefit the beneficiaries.”
These ten institutions are to present their projects, the total value of which is around over $1.1 million. The projects will be carried out in Kabul, Baghlan, Ghor, Herat, Logar, Nangarhar, Balkh, Badakhshan and Jawzjan provinces and provide direct jobs for about 1,000.
To date, the ministry has signed MoUs for 72 projects in total, collectively valued at about $53.6 million.
These agreements have been signed with domestic and foreign companies for the establishment of small and medium-sized businesses.
In accordance with the principles and laws of the Islamic Emirate and prioritizing the implementation of projects for immigrants and returnees and internally displaced people, the ministry said 635,865 people will benefit through jobs directly and over 4.3 million will benefit indirectly in 25 provinces once these projects are implemented.
Business
Export volume totals over $140 million in last month of 1402
The National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) confirmed Tuesday that in the last month of solar year 1402, (March 2024) Afghanistan’s exports totaled $141.1 million and imports totaled $789.6 million.
This was down from $174 million for exports in the same period in 1401. However, imports increased by $99.2 million in 1402, up from $690.4 million.
Most exports in the last month of 1402 went to Pakistan, India and the United Arab Emirates, while in the last month of 1401 exports went to Pakistan, India and China.
Business
Afghanistan-Kazakhstan chamber of commerce opens in Herat
The Ministry of Interior said the governor of Herat province Islam Jar met with Alim Khan Yasin Gildaye, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Afghanistan, to discuss various issues around trade.
According to the ministry, the two sides discussed the expansion of trade facilities, increasing the volume of trade exchanges between traders of the two countries, reducing customs tariffs, solving the challenges of traders and issuing visas to them.
The Afghanistan-Kazakhstan Chamber of Commerce has been opened in Herat in order to facilitate and increase trade between the two countries.
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