Rising costs force Herat farmers to scale back strawberry cultivation

Rising costs force Herat farmers to scale back strawberry cultivation

Farmers in the outskirts of Herat say rising agricultural costs, particularly for fertilizer, have forced them to reduce strawberry cultivation this year, despite growing demand for the crop. Strawberries have become an increasingly valuable crop in the province in recent years, but growers say a lack of support and mounting expenses are limiting production. Ghulam Rasool, a farmer working near Herat city, said he had significantly reduced the s…