Afghanistan: Improved Varieties of Trees Enable Higher Yields and Incomes

Jul 3, 2019 | USAID
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While Afghanistan is known for its delicious apricots, Afghan apricot varieties and production techniques typically result in low yields and farm incomes. One problem is that the type of apricots usually grown in Afghanistan is ill-suited to cold spring temperatures. In fact, some farmers in eastern Afghanistan abandoned apricots for other kinds of fruit trees.