The main source of incom in the country is agriculture .During it 's good raning years Afghanistan used to produce enough food and food products which were sufficient for the people as well as to create a surplus for export, but duto continual drought in the country ,agriculture producton has been affected badly .the major food crops produced are : corn ,rice ,barley , wheet ,vegetables ,fruits and nuts .

In Afghanistan industry , is also based on agriculture and pastoral farming .The major industrial crops are : cotton , tobacco ,madder , eastor beens and sugar beets .traditionally as much as 85 percent of the population drew its livelihood fom raral economy ,mostly as farmers .The main part of business and transportation in country also related to agriculture and transport of agriculture materials. Therefore we can say briefly that developing of the economy of Afganistan is related to proper using of agriculture resources of the country can secure thier lives by production of agriculture .

Animal hasbandry produces meat and dairy proudacts for local consumption : skins , especially those of the famouse karakal and woll (both for export and for domestic carpet weaving ) are also important products , livestock includes sheep , eattle , goats , donkeys , horses, camels, buffalo, and mules .About two_third of the annaul milk production is from cow, the rest from sheep and goats .

　

In addition to the countrys many other difficulties , a drought in 2000 killed of some fore_fifth of the livestock in southern Afghanistan and crippled the remaining food production .

Forests cover about 3 percent of the total land area are found mainy in the estern part of the country and on the sothern slopes of the Hindu kush .wood lands in the east consist mainly of conifers ,providing timber for the building industry as well as some wild nuts for export .Other trees ,especially oaks ,are used as fuel . North of the Hindu kush are pistachio trees , the nuts of which are a triditional export .