According to a recent report from Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, local growers have planted thousands of orange trees in the previous years, and they have collected hundreds tons of citrus from these orchards last year. Unfortunately, due to the climate change and hot weather, this year’s orange yield has dropped, while the price of oranges is high in the market.
One purveyor stated: “Although the orange productions have been affected due to climate change and high temperature, their crops still meets the demand of Afghanistan’s markets. This year, the weather was very hot.” He emphasized that the region’s fresh orange exports to other countries, like Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, are quite essential, as they are an important source of regional income.
Some fruits from Afghanistan are being exported to neighboring Pakistan, but because of the mass orange production there, Pakistani traders are not keen to import oranges from Afghanistan.
Source: pakobserver.net