Informes

To achieve food security, improved nutrition and higher incomes, Afghan farming families need up-to-date information on how to improve their operations. More than 80% of Afghan livelihoods are derived from agriculture. Two decades of conflict have left Interview with a…

Kabul, 24 April 2003 -- FAO and the Agriculture and Animal Husbandry authorities work actively in northern Afghanistan to avert locust threat. Anti-locust teams are doing their best in the provinces of Kunduz, Baghlan, Samangan and Balkh. On the…

TALKING POINTS Update on Maimana The suspension of United Nations road missions to Maimana was lifted yesterday and international UN staff members started to return to the Faryab provincial Capital at about 9:00 a.m. We have been informed that the situation…

The International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI) is working with USAID/ICARDA to revive the horticultural sector and preserve the unique and valuable genetic resources of Afghanistan. Horticultural products have traditionally accounted for a large share of…

GENERAL ISSUES: Afghanistan Mine Action Awareness Month A month of demining-related celebrations began on 15 April and will last for one month. The Afghanistan Mine Action Awareness Month was launched with a ceremony and exhibition at the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul.…

Potatoes are an important addition to the improved crop varieties being developed in Afghanistan by the International Potato Centre (CIP) in partnership with the Future Harvest Consortium to Rebuild Agriculture in Afghanistan. They provide improved nutrition…

This report includes: A) Middle East and Central Asia: (1) Iraq and neighbouring countries, (2) Iran, (3) Afghanistan, (4) Pakistan B) East and Central Africa: (1) Eritrea, (2) Ethiopia, (3) Burundi, (4) DR Congo, (5) Uganda C) West Africa:…

Implementation Progress for the Fall Wheat Campaign As the critical food security crop for Afghanistan, the fall 2002 USAID/ICARDA/IFDC wheat seed campaign distributed nearly 5,000 tonnes of improved wheat seed to more than 90,000 farmers in eleven provinces. Wheat growers typically…

Afghanistan High Level Strategic Forum IP/03/385 Brussels, 14 March 2003 - On Monday 17 March, Chris Patten, Commissioner for External Relations will sign a €400 million package of reconstruction support to Afghanistan for 2003-04. This will ensure that…

This report includes: (A) Eastern and Central Africa Region: (1) Ethiopia, (2) Eritrea, (3) Burundi, (4) Republic of Congo, (5) Uganda, (6) Rwanda (B) Southern Africa Region: (1) Regional overview, (2) Mozambique, (3) Madagascar, (4) Zambia, (5) Zimbabwe,…