Ataullah Omari, Acting Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock of the Islamic Emirate, during a meeting in Bamyan province, said that with the country's water management, canals and dams will be built for the farmers, he added that the Islamic Emirate is trying to be self-sufficient in the field of agriculture.

A variety of animal products were recently displayed in Bamiyan in collaboration with the Dutch Committee for Afghanistan.

The minister of agriculture and livestock said, Afghanistan’s agricultural sector will only develop once the industry has been mechanized.

Farmers are concerning about, drought and massive outbreak of locusts in Badghis.

The UN mission in Afghanistan has expressed concern about the employment situation of farmers in Afghanistan and has said that this organization is working on rural development and job creation for Afghan farmers to prevent further deterioration of the human condition in the country.

Farmers are expected to harvest about 150,000 tons of grapes in Herat province this year.

 In Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province where many farmers still highly depend on poppy opium to earn a living, some farmers revive hundreds of acres of fields after long years, to harvest up cotton instead of the illicit crop.

The southern Kandahar province and neighboring states in the war-battered Afghanistan are famous for their flavorsome pomegranates and farmers are looking to international markets including China to boost the industry.