Iran has so far spent US$ 11.5 million on the revival of Afghanistan agricultural sector and its villages, it was recently announced in Tehran.
Iran's Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Gholamreza Sahraian told reporters that equipping seven agricultural mechanization centers, setting up of veterinary quarantines in several provinces and providing the agricultural sector with over 9,000 tons of chemical fertilizers are among major projects carried out in Afghanistan by his ministry.
Combating a gricultural pests, rehabilitating 31 water channels, construction of 113 drinking water wells, implementation of a forestation projects, chicken breeding, fish culturing and honey bee raising as well as gardening are among other projects carried out by the Islamic Republic of Iran in the war-torn Afghanistan, he added, according to IRIB. (menareport.com)
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