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06 October 2020
Zarmina (25 years old) lives in Dara-e-Qazi village of the Feruzkoh district in Ghor province. Zarmina sadly lost her husband a year ago and ever since has been raising her 2-year-old son alone. Zarmina has faced many difficulties and has particularly struggled following her husband’s passing to provide food and...
06 October 2020
Almost three quarters of Uruzgan province’s economy is based on farming and livestock with remaining dependent upon trading and commerce. Uruzgan also happens to be one of the provinces reporting significantly low on gender equality particularly women’s performance on development indicators and participation in decision making. This coupled with the...
20 September 2020
20/09/2020 Under the EU-funded project “Strengthening Afghanistan Institutions capacity for the Assessment of Agriculture Production and Scenarios Development” the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in close collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock (MAIL) has supported the Provincial and District Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock...
30 April 2020
Kunar, Afghanistan – Under a Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded project in Afghanistan, FAO in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) recently supported the rural communities in Kunar province by providing more than 50,000 walnut saplings for reforestation. This effort aimed to raise the awareness of...
24 March 2020
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in close collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock (MAIL) has supported the development of Afghanistan’s Agro-Climatic Zoning Atlas Part 1 with several agro-climatic indicators. The development of this Atlas has enabled the experts to understand the possible climatic...