Informes

By Kai Eide Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Afghanistan 6 March 2010 Introduction This year will be the most challenging we have faced since the fall of the Taliban. It is a year when negative trends will have to be…

AGRICULTURE Village Mirabs Confer on Irrigation Issues: In Afghanistan, every village has a mirab - a water master - who is in charge of managing local irrigation resources. It is a critical function in this waterstressed country, as the majority…

Key Messages Wheat prices are declining particularly due to the bumper harvest and are stabilizing in recent months. Conflict is still intense and seriously affecting population. Pockets of food insecurity remain despite bumper harvest and declining wheat prices. Further financing of the government's development…

In comparison to hunger seasons for the past nine years, the 2009/2010 hunger season looks optimistic in terms of food availability and food access. Food availability is comparatively higher in 2009/2010 due to the 2009 historical large harvest and…

OVERVIEW After more than two decades of conflict, Afghanistan has begun an enormous political, economic, and social transformation since it was catapulted onto the world stage in 2002. Progress to date has been encouraging, but tremendous challenges remain. In Afghanistan, the…

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. Overview The Pakistan Humanitarian Response Plan (PHRP) 2010 aims to provide a consolidated, coherent, transparent and coordinated response of the humanitarian community to the unmet needs of the vulnerable populations affected by the crisis…

The food security situation going into the 2010 hunger season look optimistic in comparison to the past 9 years because of a good 2009 national and regional harvest, food aid distributions and favorable terms-of-trade. The hunger season ends in late…

Afghanaid Briefing in House of Lords1 by FARHANA FARUQI STOCKER2 - Managing Director Who Are We? Afghanaid is an international non-governmental organisation and has been present in the country since 1983. It has more than 400 staff, over 90 percent of them…

Key highlights to date: - By January 2010, the World Bank had 24 active projects in Afghanistan with net commitments of over US$886 million. - IFC now has an investment portfolio totaling more than $90 million in six companies. - Since early…

FAO initiative to promote climate change mitigation in agriculture in developing countries Agriculture accounts for an estimated 14 percent of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions but also has significant potential to capture atmospheric carbon and store it in soils and…