TY  - BOOK
ED  - Asian Development Bank (ADB). 
ED  - South Asia Department.
TI  - Natural resources in recovery : : securing Afghanistan’s future : accomplishments and the way forward / 
SN  - 971561535X
AV  - Pamphlet HD2065.6. N38 
PY  - 2004///.
CY  - Manila, Philippines : 
PB  - Asian Development Bank, 
KW  - Agriculture
KW  -  Economic aspects
KW  -  Afghanistan.
KW  - Agricultural development projects
KW  - Agriculture and state
KW  - Natural resources
KW  -  Afghanistan
KW  - Afghanistan
KW  -  Economic conditions
KW  -  21st century.
N1  - “March 2004”

N2  - 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)
ER  -