Natural resources in recovery :

ACKU
Asian Development Bank, South Asia Department.
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).
English
971561535X
Agriculture
Economic aspects
Afghanistan.
Agricultural development projects
Afghanistan.
Agriculture and state
Afghanistan.
Natural resources
Afghanistan.
Afghanistan
Economic conditions
21st century.
Pamphlet HD2065.6. / N38 / 2004
Library of Congress Classification / Monograph
00011657 00035331
“March 2004”.