Manila, Philippines : Asian Development Bank, 2004.
xv, 75 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 28 cm.
Summary: “Over 80% of the population is dependent on agriculture. Of the total land area of Afghanistan of 65 million hectares (ha), only 12% is arable. About 30% of total arable and permanent cropland was irrigated in 1999, mostly for wheat and horticulture. The existing irrigation systems are operating at low efficiency rates of about 25%, indicating that there is considerable scope for reducing”—(p. xiii).
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Agriculture Economic aspects Afghanistan. Agricultural development projects Afghanistan. Agriculture and state Afghanistan. Natural resources Afghanistan. Afghanistan Economic conditions 21st century.