FAO in Afghanistan

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06 April 2022
FAO supports beekeeping farming in Afghanistan’s Herat province to enhance rural livelihoods thanks to Japan’s funding Farmers at the Kushk district (also referred to as Rabat-e-Sangi), north of Herat province in western Afghanistan, generally depend on rainfed farming and livestock farming. Beekeeping farming is not widely practiced in the district. This...
04 April 2022
A rehabilitated 50-meter protection wall in Uruzgan’s capital will prevent water waste and improve irrigation in the area The recent drought in Afghanistan affected agricultural production and aggravated water scarcity in several provinces. Among them, Uruzgan province, in southern Afghanistan, has been notably affected by the drought and the subsequent...
03 April 2022
Funding will help FAO provide seeds and rehabilitate 50 community water infrastructures 3 April 2022, Kabul – New Zealand is funding with USD 2 million a new project of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to provide humanitarian assistance in the form of agricultural inputs and cash...
31 March 2022
Afghanistan is trapped in a humanitarian crisis with 23 million people facing acute food insecurity. We need to act now to stop the situation from getting worse
31 March 2022
Livestock protection assistance funded by Japan helps Kuchi nomadic herders in Uruzgan to continue feeding their animals Abdul Manan, 41, is a nomadic herder from Uruzgan’s provincial capital Tarinkot. He once had a herd of 100 sheep and other livestock. The ongoing drought, animal diseases and COVID-19 pandemic forced him to...