Daikundi farmers grumble about the lack of standard cold storage in Afghanistan

(MENAFN- Pajhwok Afghan News) NEILI (Pajhwok): Farmers in central Daikundi province complain about lack of cold storages to preserve their products, which they say get rotten before being sold. They say potatoes are planted and harvested in all areas of Daikundi, but there is no suitable market for selling them and also there is no place to store them. Mohammad Akbar, a farmer, said he used to grow potatoes every year, but the harvest could not be preserved and they decayed in midwinter. “We mostly cultivate potato. This year we harvested 3,500 kilograms of garlic, but only 700 kilograms of it were sold and the rest left unsold.” “We find no buyers after harvesting potatoes at the beginning of the year, it prices go up only at the end of the year.” He also emphasized if standard cold storage facilities were established, farmers could preserve their harvests and present them to the market at appropriate time. He urged the government to build standard cold storages for their ...