FAO in Afghanistan

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18 March 2019
Islamabad, Pakistan - A 9-member delegation of high-level government officials and members of the Afghanistan Food Security and Nutrition Agenda (AFSeN-A) participated in an international training workshop in Islamabad for examining innovative approaches to improving food security and nutrition utilizing the Kaleidoscope model. The Kaleidoscope model examines how food policies evolve as they...
14 February 2019
Badghis, Afghanistan - A small FAO team, led by FAO Representative Rajendra Aryal, joined up with UNICEF and the Korean Ambassador HE Rhee Zha-hyoung and his team to visit Internally-Displaced People (IDPs) and other vulnerable farmers in drought-stricken Badghis province. The occasion marked the kick-off of a new resilience building project...
03 February 2019
Kabul, Afghanistan - The Kingdom of Denmark through the Royal Danish Embassy in Kabul and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have joined forces to provide emergency assistance to more than 142,000 drought-affected vulnerable livestock herders and pastoralists and their families in six of the worst drought-affected provinces...
17 December 2018
Nearly six thousand Afghan farming families severely affected by drought targeted for emergency assistance by Republic of Korea and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 17/12/2018, Kabul, Afghanistan –With the approval of the Government of Afghanistan, the Republic of Korea and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the...
29 October 2018
Japan gives USD 10 million for improving irrigation infrastructure and better on-farm water management               Another new project agreement on improving Afghanistan’s agriculture was signed at the Embassy of Japan in Kabul between the Government of Japan and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) this week....