This Is What You Need to Know about How Better Farming Methods Have Improved the Health of Afghan Orchards

by Ehsan Bayat | Jul 2, 2020 | Afghanistan, Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Farm, Water, Weather

Orchards have been the backbone of Afghanistan’s agricultural society for centuries. However, maintaining these orchards has been difficult. Hard-to-solve issues such as invasive insects and plant diseases have stymied farmers and destroyed crops. As a result, many...

Startup Gets $100 Million Backing for Cutting-Edge Agriculture: This Is What You Need to Know

by Ehsan Bayat | May 15, 2020 | Agriculture, Business, Crops, Farm, Infrastructure, Middle East, Technology

A smart agriculture startup has received a commitment for $100 million in startup funding from a Kuwaiti investment company. Wafra International Investment Company, the national investment company of Kuwait, announced in early April 2020 that it had committed a...

How Afghan Onions Came to the Rescue

by Ehsan Bayat | Apr 1, 2020 | Afghanistan, Agriculture, Business, Conservation, Crops, Farm, Middle East, Weather

In the fall of 2019, India’s onion crops suffered a 26 percent decline during the kharif and late-kharif seasons due to a monsoon and additional heavy rains that hit Maharashtra, Karnataka, and other Indian states that produce onions. The vegetable is common in Indian...

This Is How Modern Methods Are Improving Farming

by Ehsan Bayat | Mar 5, 2020 | Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Energy, Farm, Technology, Water, Weather

The gap between urban and rural income, especially in developing countries, is a significant issue that requires innovative solutions. Traditionally, workers have moved from rural and low-income areas, where agriculture is typically the primary industry, to cities to...

Spotlight on the Revival of Afghanistan’s Cotton Industry

by Ehsan Bayat | Feb 20, 2020 | Afghanistan, Agriculture, Business, Conservation, Crops, Infrastructure, Water, Weather

For centuries, cotton cultivation in Afghanistan has fluctuated due to various ecological and economic factors. The profitably of cotton ceased entirely by the late 1900s and remained so for several decades. However, the Afghanistan government and social activists...

This Is What You Need to Know about These 4 Afghan Crops

by Ehsan Bayat | Dec 19, 2019 | Afghanistan, Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Farm, Infrastructure, Middle East, Technology, Water, Weather

Agriculture has a long, rich history in Afghanistan. Prior to the Soviet invasion in the late 1970s, agriculture comprised about 50 percent of the nation’s GDP. Afghanistan was also the world’s largest exporter of dried fruits and nuts at that time. However, in the...