News
23 February 2023
The ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, together with the effects of COVID-19 outbreak and an unprecedented drought across the country, have led to high levels of unemployment and lost livelihoods among most Afghan families. Like many other Afghans, Bibi Gulsoom’s husband lost his job and became a casual labourer. Since there...
The ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, together with the effects of COVID-19 outbreak and an unprecedented drought across the country, have led to high levels of unemployment and lost livelihoods among most Afghan families. Like many other Afghans, Bibi Gulsoom’s husband lost his job and became a casual labourer. Since there...
12 February 2023
Kabul – Afghanistan: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has received three million dollars from Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund (AHF) to vaccinate 3.9 million livestock against Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD). These funds will enable FAO to ‘flatten the curve’- having vaccinated 125 000 animals last year after the outbreak...
Kabul – Afghanistan: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has received three million dollars from Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund (AHF) to vaccinate 3.9 million livestock against Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD). These funds will enable FAO to ‘flatten the curve’- having vaccinated 125 000 animals last year after the outbreak...
24 January 2023
The livestock sector in Afghanistan has suffered immensely from a shortage of quality animal feed during the few decades of conflict, preventing most Afghan smallholder livestock farmers from realizing their full potential. In particular, crop failure and fodder shortage, especially in the winter season, has been a major limiting factor...
The livestock sector in Afghanistan has suffered immensely from a shortage of quality animal feed during the few decades of conflict, preventing most Afghan smallholder livestock farmers from realizing their full potential. In particular, crop failure and fodder shortage, especially in the winter season, has been a major limiting factor...
05 January 2023
Afghanistan’s rural employment opportunities have declined sharply due to the ongoing economic recession. However, there’s a glimmer of hope from saffron cultivation and goat rearing. Fatima, a 36-year-old from Kushk-e-Rubat Sangi district in Herat Province, who is also the head of the household, was encouraged to cultivate saffron after she learned...
Afghanistan’s rural employment opportunities have declined sharply due to the ongoing economic recession. However, there’s a glimmer of hope from saffron cultivation and goat rearing. Fatima, a 36-year-old from Kushk-e-Rubat Sangi district in Herat Province, who is also the head of the household, was encouraged to cultivate saffron after she learned...
12 December 2022
Kabul – Afghanistan: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has today received notice of additional funding of more than USD 1.85 million from the Government of Japan to improve access and availability of nutritious food for vulnerable and food-insecure smallholder households in Afghanistan as well as...
Kabul – Afghanistan: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has today received notice of additional funding of more than USD 1.85 million from the Government of Japan to improve access and availability of nutritious food for vulnerable and food-insecure smallholder households in Afghanistan as well as...
