Mohammad Baqir, a farmer from Sholgara district, said he planted 50 kilograms of asafoetida seeds on his land last year, purchasing each kilogram for 15,000 afghanis. “At that time, each plant was ...

several plants are sold for just one afghani,” he lamented. Similarly, Abdullah, a farmer from the Omar Farooq area of Mazar-i-Sharif, said that many farmers had recently switched to asafoetida ...

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A new study, published on Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, reveals how microplastics hinder photosynthesis across a wide range of plant species—including crucia ...

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File) HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Facing projections of spiking energy demand, U.S. states are pressing for ways to build new power plants faster as policymakers increasingly ...

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Using data from over 10,000 herbarium specimens, Smithsonian scientists uncover the urgent conservation needs of the plants, which are critical to tropical ecosystems Ella Jeffries Staff ...