Agriculture

Objective: Accelerating market-led growth in agriculture

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Overview

The purpose of USAID’s agriculture program is to improve food security, increase agricultural productivity and rural employment, and improve family incomes and well-being. Improved job opportunities and incomes also reduce pressures on the poor to grow opium poppy.

Agriculture Sector Profile 11/30/2009

Agriculture Sector Profile - Dari 11/30/2009

Agriculture Sector Profile - Pashto 11/30/2009

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Afghanistan Exports First Apples to India USAID helped open India’s booming market to Afghan apple farmers.	Afghanistan Prepares to Fill Cashmere Demand USAID teaches goat herders to harvest and sell cashmere.
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Announcements

Farah Province, Afghanistan | Friday, January 15, 2010
Water Flows Again in Lash Wa Juwayn Canal
Nearly 7,100 families (approximately 40,000 individuals) will benefit from the improved irrigation.

Kunar Province, Afghanistan | Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Horticulture and Forestation for Underserved Populations in Eastern Afghanistan
USAID provided agricultural training for 875 Afghans in orchard establishment, nurseries, woodlots, and natural resource management.

Parwan Province, Afghanistan | Tuesday, December 15, 2009
National Wheat Seed and Fertilizer Distribution Program Begins
USAID expects to provide vouchers to 360,000 farmers in 18 provinces this year.

Kabul, Afghanistan | Monday, November 30, 2009
Afghan Apples Exported to India
Up to 75 metric tons of apples will be exported each week from Wardak and Paktya provinces.

Kabul, Afghanistan | Saturday, October 31, 2009
Afghanistan’s First Juice Factory Opens
Factory will produce juice from fruit grown by 50,000 Afghan farmers.

Kabul, Afghanistan | Thursday, October 15, 2009
Grand Opening of the Omaid Bahar Juice Concentrate Processing and Fresh Fruit Packaging Facility
Photo Gallery - October 15, 2009

Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan | Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Helping Afghans Monitor Endangered Species
Local forest rangers assess the populations of snow leopards and other rare animals.

Press Releases

Kabul, Afghanistan | Thursday, February 04, 2010
USAID Grants $30 Million to Champion Afghan Farmers

Kabul, Afghanistan | Thursday, February 04, 2010
اداره انکشافی بین المللی ایالات متحده 30 میلیون دالر امریکایی را به دهاقین قهرمان افغان مساعدت نمود

Kunar Province, Afghanistan | Saturday, December 19, 2009
صدها تن از باشنده گان ولایت کنرمهارت های زراعتی را آموختند

Kunar Province, Afghanistan | Saturday, December 19, 2009
Hundreds of Kunar Residents Receive Agriculture Training

Kabul, Afghanistan | Tuesday, December 08, 2009
USAID-Funded Programs Train Hundreds in Agricultural Skills

Kabul, Afghanistan | Tuesday, December 08, 2009
برنامه های صدها تن را در مهارت های زراعتی آموزش داده است

Chaharikar, Parwan Province, Afghanistan | Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Afghanistan Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Begins National Wheat Seed and Fertilizer Distribution Program

Chaharikar, Parwan Province, Afghanistan | Tuesday, November 17, 2009
وزارت زراعت، آبیاری و مالداری پروگرام ملی توزیع تخم اصلاح شده و کود کیمیاوی را آغاز نمود

Kabul, Afghanistan | Thursday, November 12, 2009
برای اولین بار سیب های مشهور افغانستان به کشور هندوستان صادر گردید

Kabul, Afghanistan | Thursday, November 12, 2009
World-famous Afghan Apples Exported to India for the First Time

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USAID’s agriculture program improves food security, increases agricultural productivity and rural employment, and improves family incomes and well-being.

Learn more about Afghanistan USAID activities by province

FY02-07 Agriculture Spending: $304 M
FY08 Agriculture Budget: $56 M
FY09 Agriculture Budget: $130 M
(incl. supplemental request)

Agriculture Snapshot

In FY 2009, provided more than 52,300 agricultural loans (49 percent to women), with a repayment rate of 94 percent.
Established more than 600 veterinary field units. By the end of 2008, they provided more than 31 million vaccinations and treatments to livestock.
During FY 2009, increased water supply to an additional 58,000 hectares of agricultural land.
During FY 2009, 161,149 men and women received training in improved farm and business skills.

(Data as of November 2009)

Last updated February 8, 2010

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