“Ferula Asafetida” - Locally called ‘Hing’ is a good source of income
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Growing Ferula Asafetida to reduce pressure on rangeland. To decrease the increasing pressure on the rangeland, FAO provided Ferula Asafetida, locally known as hing, seeds to the local communities in the target provinces as an alternative livelihood option to cultivate in their respective lands/rangeland. Ferula has more economic value than uprooting bushes and shrubs and selling them in the market to ensure livelihood.
Ferula Asafetida is a perennial herb that is cultivated as well as grown wild in the northern and central parts of Afghanistan. However, over-exploitation of the rangelands by the host communities in the last four to five decades has nearly wiped out the plant.