KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan will ask international donors next month for $4 billion to revive its agricultural sector, but it could be a hard sell with another massive crop of opium expected this ...

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has reaffirmed its support for women-led food processing centres in Afghanistan, saying agriculture remains one of the last available income sources for ...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Lush green fields hug a canal snaking through the dusty landscape of what was once Afghanistan's breadbasket, feeding off water from a newly restored dam aimed at ...

VIENNA (Reuters) -The total area of land in Afghanistan on which opium poppy is grown shrank 20% this year, according to a U.N. estimate issued on Thursday, a further drop since farming of the raw ...

The Iowa National Guard is preparing to take on a new mission - farming. A 60-member team of members of the Iowa Air and Army National Guard will deploy in June for a one-year mission working with ...

CHARLES CITY, Iowa -Thanks to Dora Hayen of Swartzrock Implement in Charles City, Kevin Stewart keeps up on local farm news while being deployed in Afghanistan. Hayen gathers up each copy of Agri News ...

The total area of land in Afghanistan on which opium poppy is grown shrank 20 percent this year, according to a UN estimate issued on Thursday, a further drop since farming of the raw material for ...

On Scott Gottschalk's first day in Kabul, Afghanistan, he encountered his first dust storm. A red haze blotted out the sun in the city of 7.5 million and left a terrible taste in his mouth. Kabul is ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A group of about 60 Illinois National Guard soldiers is getting ready to spend a year in Afghanistan working with the country's farmers. The guard says the 14th Agriculture ...

MUSTANG, Oklahoma -- More than 60 soldiers in Oklahoma will deploy Monday morning to join the effort to rebuild Afghanistan. This is the second mission of this type for the Oklahoma Army National ...

About a dozen members of a Wisconsin National Guard agriculture team are preparing to deploy to Afghanistan. The Guard’s 97th Agribusiness Development Team will be sent off in style Thursday morning.