The Department of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock of Faryab province, with financial support from international organization ActionAid, distributed 60 fruit and vegetable processing and storage kits to 60 eligible farmers in Khwaja Sabz Posh district.
Each kit contains a solar dryer, a digital scale, three large nickel bowls, three aprons, a thermometer, three plastic baskets, a kitchen table, three pairs of gloves, three caps and three packs of masks.
The equipment is intended to strengthen farmers’ capacity to process, package and store agricultural products, prevent crop losses, increase the economic value of their produce and improve marketing opportunities.
