Agriculture in Afghanistan's Economy (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author: Ray S. Fox
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780332768724
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 22

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Excerpt from Agriculture in Afghanistan's Economy Afghanistan's economy is basically agricultural. From 75 to 85 percent of the population of about 16 million are directly engaged in agriculture. About 10 percent of those in agriculture are nomads who migrate seasonally with their livestock in search of pasture. They are the main suppliers of livestock products. The remaining 90 percent are primarily involved in the production 0l wheat, corn, barley, rice, cotton, fruits, and vegetables. The country was self-sufficient in the production of foodstuffs, excepting sugar and tea, until 1957 when metric tons of wheat were imported. During the First and Second Economic Development Plans and annual imports of wheat averaged tons and tons, respectively. Of the total land area of about 63 million hectares square miles), million hectares or 12 percent is under cultivation. Of this million, million hectares are equipped with irrigation facilities, but due to shortages of irrigation water only about million hectares are irrigated in any given year; another million hectares of wheat and barley, about 50 percent of the area devoted to these crops, are nonirrigated. In many areas the shortage of irrigation water is due to the inefficiency of primitive irrigation systems and practices. Many of the diversion structures are unable to withstand high-water flow and must be repaired or rebuilt annually. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.