Poultry farms on rise in Afghanistan as 100,000 people engage in fowl business

KABUL, May 5 (Xinhua) -- The development of poultry farms has been on a constant rise in Afghanistan as more than 100,000 people are directly engaged in the business, an official has said.

"More than 100,000 people are directly working in poultry farms and more than 360,000 others are indirectly working in the sector," local media outlet Tolonews quoted Mawlawi Sadr Azam Osmani, deputy minister of agriculture, irrigation and livestock, on Monday as saying.

The number of poultry farms has increased from 3,000 in the past years to 14,000 currently, the report said, adding that the post-war country is nearly achieving self-sufficiency in poultry meat production.

The Afghan interim government, according to the official, will make every effort to help Afghanistan stand on its feet in all fields. ■