date:Jun 28, 2021
creasing each year. Cherries are grown by small-landholding farmers as well as commercial producers.
Once in high demand in Afghanistan, the cherry was almost completely wiped out during decades of war and drought beginning in the late 1970s. But with the introduction of new cultivars, better orchard management techniques and an improved supply chain network, sweet cherries are being revived.
Afghan farmers are planting more cherry orchards than ever before owing to the growing demand for the