Afghanistan exported saffron and Ferula assa-foetida worth $77.5 million over the past six months, the spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce and Industry Akhundzada Abdul Salam...
Herat’s department of agriculture and livestock says farmers in the province have planted saffron on more than 8,000 hectares of land this year, and they will...
Officials in the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock say that Afghanistan’s saffron yield will exceed 23 tons this year. “The Ministry of Agriculture pays attention...
Cultivation of saffron as an alternative to opium has yielded positive results in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province, as officials say every acre of land has produced...
A saffron processing company in Balkh province has provided job opportunities for nearly two hundred women, local officials said. The authorities of this company said Thursday...
Chamber of Agriculture and Livestock officials said Wednesday that 50 percent of the saffron exporting companies in the country have stopped operating due to a number...
Chamber of Agriculture and Livestock officials said this week that due to a decrease in demand for saffron, cultivation of this spice has dropped off significantly...
Afghanistan’s Saffron Producers Union on Saturday called on the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) to help restart the saffron production and export sector, which came to...
The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) said it will build 38 new saffron processing centers in seven provinces in the country this solar year,...
Saffron producers in Herat province have voiced concerns over the practise of importing saffron from Iran, which they say lowers the price of the spice on...
Afghanistan’s saffron export to India topped $19.08 million last year, indicating an 80 percent increase over the past five years. In 2019, Afghanistan exported $17.38 million...
The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock has said the harvest of “red gold” saffron this year topped the 21 ton mark. According to the ministry,...
Bashir Ahmad Ahmadi, acting head of Herat’s agriculture department, on Thursday said during a visit to the 6th Saffron Flower Festival in Herat that the province...