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Central Bamyan province supplied about 60 percent of Afghanistan's potato demand in the past year, local official said Wednesday.
The local officials from Bamyan's Agriculture Department said that the creation of reserves for potato farming, promotion of potato cultivation and aid to farmers are the reasons for the increase of successful potato farming.
Farmers cultivated 12,000 hectares of land last year which yielded 270,000 tonnes of potato, head of the provincial Agriculture and Irrigation Department, Mohammad Tahir Ataaee.
The crop netted farmers a collective of 230 million Afs in the last year.
Bamyan potatoes were also exported to Pakistan and Tajikistan, he added.
Potato produce is expected to increase this year to around 300,000 tonnes, for an income of around 260 million Afs.
According to the statistics of the Agriculture Department, over 2000 potato reserves were created in the province which is able to store and protect up to 50,000 tonnes of potato in the winter.
Provincial officials also said that five centers will be built to wash and packet the potatoes.