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Jalalabad-based Feed Mill Continues to Thrive

Sabawoon Poultry Feed Mill signs a contract to supply the Food and Agricultural Organization with 250 tons of chicken feed.

Jalalabad, Afghanistan | Friday, July 31, 2009

The Sabawoon Poultry Feed Mill, started over one year ago with the help of a grant from USAID, continues to produce quality feed in demand by chicken farmers. Located in Jalalabad, the mill has several contracts with local poultry farms, and recently signed a contract to supply the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) with 250 tons of chicken feed. USAID’s assistance to Sabawoon is a successful example of a grant that enabled a business to purchase needed machinery. With that equipment, Sabawoon has helped alleviate a critical bottleneck in an agricultural supply chain. The business has since become self-sustaining, continuing to win new, larger contracts as it meets the large domestic demand for a product that once had to be imported.

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