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This is a five-year cooperative agreement to implement alternative development projects. The project objective is to promote sustainable growth of the licit agricultural economy, through the provision of agricultural incentives and economic alternatives for the poppy-prone provinces in the east as well as the northern and western regions of Afghanistan. It continues USAID’s alternative development efforts to promote legal productive agriculture, improve economic opportunities in rural areas, and reduce dependency on illicit opium production. In collaboration with national, provincial, and district-level government offices, this project works to increase agricultural production, rural enterprise, and related infrastructural development, access to financial services, and overall value-chain development and integration for key regional industries.
Fact Sheet IDEA-NEW Jun 2011
18 December 2011 | Badakhshan, Afghanistan
New roads often allow farmers to use vehicles in places previously only accessible by donkey. Produce arrives to the market in good shape, allowing farmers to sell it for a good price.
3 October 2011 | Nangarhar, Afghanistan
USAID/IDEA-NEW A truck crosses the Mamand Bridge. After a strict ban on poppy cultivation was imposed, farmers in the Spinghar District of...
22 June 2011
USAID/IDEA-NEW Farmers on a commercial production farm. Vegetables are grown across Afghanistan’s eastern region and provide a good reliable source of income for...
10 May 2010 | Jalalabad, Afghanistan
For the last decade, talc miners and traders have operated individually in the sector resulting in less productivity and lower revenues. The lack of coordination...
6 June 2010 | Faryab Province, Afghanistan
Livestock and livestock products are the main source of income for many remote communities throughout Faryab Province. Improving their health is of primary importance to...
6 June 2010 | Behsud District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
With limited job opportunities and high poverty in remote areas of Afghanistan, local people consider joining the insurgency. Addressing this issue in Behsud District of...
7 June 2010 | Puli Khumri, Afghanistan
Women and disabled community members in northern Afghanistan face a range of cultural and social barriers when seeking employment. As a result, they are often...
31 October 2010 | Tahkar, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
USAID is helping Afghan farmers ensure that this season’s harvest is exceptionally abundant. Thanks to training provided by USAID’s Incentives Driving Economic Alternatives – North,...
15 March 2010 | Jalalabad, Afghanistan
Reforestation improves the environment and provides healthier spaces for Afghan citizens. USAID is helping to reforest the country with a variety of trees, including fruit...
31 January 2010 | Puli Khumri, Afghanistan
In Puli Khumri in Baghlan province, USAID recently held a training program to teach 120 local women to weave gabion baskets. Gabion baskets are made...
15 October 2009 | Jalalabad, Afghanistan
The U.S. Government is committed to creating economic opportunities for women, and building their skills so that they can support themselves and their families. Over...
15 September 2009 | Jalalabad, Afghanistan
15 January 2012 | Nangarhar, Afghanistan
USAID/IDEA-NEW Nangarhar Deputy Governor Mohammad Hanif Gardiwal opened USAID-funded Textile Exhibit in Jalalabad today. Textile factories from Nangarhar showcased their homemade...
4 October 2011 | Nangarhar, Afghanistan
USAID/IDEA-NEW A participant of the training receives her certificate. At yesterday’s ceremony in Jalalabad, two hundred young women received certificates after completing...
21 September 2011 | Laghman, Afghanistan
USAID/IDEA-NEW The Chairman of the Qarghaee's shura, established by USAID's Afghanistan Social Outreach Program (ASOP), talking to the media about the impact of the...
18 September 2011 | Jalalabad, Afghanistan
USAID/IDEA-NEW The new food testing laboratory in Jalalabad. A cutting-edge food-testing laboratory, the second of its kind in Afghanistan, was inaugurated...
17 July 2011 | Mehtarlam, Laghman
USAID/IDEA-NEW The Laghman Fruit and Vegetable Wholesale Market, built with support from USAID, opened today in Mehtarlam, the provincial capital...
17 April 2011 | Badakhshan, Afghanistan
بدخشان، افغانستان/ د ۲۰۱۱ کال د اپریل د میاشتی ۱۴ نیټه - د بدخشان ولایت د بهارک په ولسوالی کی د سخا کانال د...
بدخشان افغانستان/ 14 اپریل 2011- بازسازی کانال سخا در ولسوالی بهارک ولایت بدخشان به مساعدت مالی اداره انکشافی بین المللی ایالات متحده آغاز گردیده...
16 April 2011 | Badakhshan, Afghanistan
USAID/DAI Governor of Badakhshan Dr. Shah Wali Adeeb, district governors, the mayor of Feyzabad, heads of the Department of Agriculture and Irrigation and Rural...
29 December 2010 | Jalalabad, Afghanistan
ریاست زراعت ، آبیاری و مالداری ولایت ننگرهار ، به حمایت USAID برای هشت اتحادیه زراعتی افغان بشمول...
Azizullah Karimi / IDEA-NEW Husain Safi, Director of Nangarhar Agriculture and Livestock addressed the conference. Nangarhar’s Directorate of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock...
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