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Good to see we have allies in the struggle against
#locusts
in Afghanistan; thanks to the support of
@IndianEmbKabul
KABUL (Pajhwok): India has provided 40,000 litres of malathion to support Afghan farmers fight locusts, an official said on Sunday.
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We continue reaching the most remote rural areas in
#Afghanistan
. Funding allowing, this year we aim to assist 9 million Afghan.
📸NGO partner
@ActionAid
literally making their way to remote districts in
#Ghor
province to give
@FAO
livestock training to 960 herders🙏🇪🇺
@eu_echo
💶
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📺"Afghanistan's incredible farmers, livestock owners and herders can bring
#Afghanistan
back from the brink of catastrophe," says
@Dick_Trenchard
@FAO
Representative from
#Kabul
, asking for urgent support to the people of Afghanistan.
@FAODG
@FAOemergencies
@FAO4Members
@FAOnews
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As wheat is a staple food in
#Afghanistan
, the upcoming winter wheat season is crucial.
@FAO
is directly supporting 1.3 million people in 27 provinces with certified seeds, fertilizers and training.
And we continue working to be able to assist to more farmers in need.
#UN4AFG
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Our team has been in Qadis district of Badghis, where many families have lost their animals, stables & animal feed due to earthquake. The affected families will receive livestock protection & summer crop support to restore their livelihoods.
Thanks to 🇮🇹
@ItalyMFA
support 🙏
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@FAOAfghanistan
starting an exciting and important new community-led irrigation project in Kunar thanks to generous USD9.5m from
@JICA
, building on the incredible Dr. Tetsu Nakamura legacy.
Water is Life. Water is Food. Leaving no-one behind
👉
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🆕VIDEO | "We're poor and don't have any salary or wealth, but I do have 2.5 jeribs of land," says Abdul Manan, assisted by
@FAO
🙏🇺🇸
@USAIDSavesLives
💰
Supporting agriculture is key to help Afghans like Abdul get back on their feet, regain self-reliance and thrive for prosperity.
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There are no grounds for optimism yet as the situation remains incredibly fragile,and the risk of livelihood collapse is high.
📸However, 'green shoots' of hope are growing in places like Khas Kunar district, where
@FAO
is supporting 14,000 people to cultivate wheat🙏🇩🇰
@DanishMFA
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NEWS RELEASE | Half of
#Afghanistan
’s population face acute hunger as humanitarian needs grow to record levels, according to the new
@theIPCinfo
report
@UN
appeals for urgent assistance as country becomes one of the world’s largest food crises
READ👉
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This is Parwan Province, 1/34 provinces we have emergency & resilience response for
#foodsecurity
What's the nature of our work in
#Afghanistan
?
🌱Certified wheat seeds💧Irrigation
🧅Vegetable production💵Cash-for-Work & more...
@Dick_Trenchard
@unafghanistan
@RamizAlakbarov
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When farmers apply modern cultivation methods such as line cultivation, the harvest can go up by 15 to 30%.
As part of emergency wheat assistance, we trained 2,000 farmers on wheat cultivation best practices in Kunar & supported them with wheat seed & fertilizers. 💵
@MFATNZ
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So far, we've reached 2.7 million people this year.
By the end of 2022, we'd have reached 9 million across the country.
This is possible, thanks to our national & international NGO partners, who are key to ensure we reach the right people at the right time.
@Dick_Trenchard
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The ongoing humanitarian crisis reduced the ability of most Afghan families, especially those headed by women, to cover their basic needs.
With
@USAID
funding, 7,000 people in Nimroz received multipurpose cash assistance to meet their vital needs during the winter.
#foodsecurity
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On a recent road mission through
#Ghazni
and
#Paktia
,
@Dick_Trenchard
, head of
@FAOAfghanistan
, visited some of the waterworks built by us with
@WorldBank
support. Hopefully this gabion
#checkdam
will capture the scarce rainwater allowing the people of
#Zurmat
relief from drought
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🆕VIDEO | "At this juncture is critical to enable people to produce food at community level," said
@FabrizioCes
@FAOAfghanistan
Deputy Rep, after a full day listening to farmers and herders across
#Kandahar
province, alongside
@DanieleDonati
@FAOemergencies
Deputy Director.
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📸1000 farmers in
#Ghor
received 50 kg of urea each and training from
@FAO
as part of the winter wheat season support🙏🇺🇳
@UNCERF
🇺🇸
@USAIDSavesLives
When applied correctly throughout the cropping cycle, urea helps strengthening wheat crops to better withstand pests and diseases.
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Women’s participation in aid delivery must continue.
Banning women from humanitarian work has immediate life-threatening consequences for all Afghans. Already, some time-critical programmes have stopped temporarily.
Full UN statement:
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As we mark this year's
#WorldHumanitarianDay
, FAORep to Afghanistan
@Dick_Trenchard
reiterates that
#ItTakesAVillage
to support the 4 out 5 people in Afghanistan's villages who are facing
#foodinsecurity
, & to restore the backbone of their livelihoods - which is in Agriculture.
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This is the reality of many farmers: "We need food, water, dams and infrastructure(...)The world should invest in us & save us.”
If agriculture collapses further, it will drive up malnutrition, increase displacement and worsen the humanitarian situation👇
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Over 200 rural women were trained in Balkh province on preparing different types of food from
#soybeans
, thanks to 🇰🇷
#Korea
.
Containing sufficient proteins, soybean is being adopted to combat the persistent lack of daily protein in many people's diet in
#Afghanistan
.
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FAO's winter wheat campaign is already underway providing wheat seeds across 30 out of 34 provinces of Afghanistan.
This assistance will grow food to feed 1.7 million with the country's staple food for a year.
Supporting farmers to get out of this humanitarian crisis is vital.
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NEWS RELEASE |
#NewZealand
to support 94,500 vulnerable rural Afghan with spring and summer seeds
Funding (USD 2M) will also help
@FAO
provide cash assistance and rehabilitate 50 community water infrastructures in Kunduz, Nangarhar, Parwan and Wardak.
👉
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We are delighted to share with you our new blog
#AfghanistanDiaries
!
@FAOAfghanistan
colleagues will tell first hand stories about their work on the ground.
@jawidsultany
signs the first post: Fighting drought in Afghanistan: commitment and tears
Read👉
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In September,
@FAO
assisted over 140,000 vulnerable people in
#Afghanistan
with livelihood & cash assistance.
We continue preparing for the crucial winter wheat season: 1.3 million vulnerable farmers will be assisted with certified wheat seeds, fertilizers and training.
#UN4AFG
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It seems that we're facing insurmountable challenges, but this is why
@WFP_Afghanistan
and
@FAO
are working shoulder to shoulder to save lives and livelihoods.
But we need your support.
Urgently. Now.
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🔄🌾 Farmers in Afghanistan are feeling the impact of a changing climate. It's crucial to provide them with the necessary support for sustainable and resilient practices.
Hear more from
@FAO
's Deputy Director-General
@BethBechdol
.
#WaterAction
The changing climate is affecting the livelihoods of farmers in Afghanistan.
We must support farmers to ensure that their practices are sustainable and climate resilient.
@FAO
’s Deputy Director-General
@BethBechdol
explains more.
#WaterAction
#COP28
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Poultry keeping has proven to be a great source of home-based income for rural women. It's an effective way to build short-term resilience & improve
#foodsecurity
&nutrition.
FAO is supporting 200 women-headed families in Nangarhar with backyard poultry farming package.
💵
@japan
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11
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Farmers don't die when they're in their fields. They die when they're forced to abandon their farms.
Protecting rural livelihoods is a core element of the immediate emergency humanitarian response to Afghanistan’s crisis, in addition to other lifesaving support. Here's how👇
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🆕STORY | Through thick and thin, humanitarian workers like Ahmady are ensuring that life-saving humanitarian assistance reaches farmers & herders across Afghanistan.
@FAO
NGO partners continue to admirably deliver against all odds. Here's Ahmady's story👇
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Women make important contributions to food production & nutrition.
@FAO
enables rural women to grow vegetables for domestic consumption & the surplus is sold for income.
2,750 women in Samangan received vegetable seeds & related training. Funds:
@UNCERF
#FoodSecurity
#ZeroHunger
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Wheels are turning… seeds are moving!
@FAO
is racing against the clock to assist 1.3 million people this winter wheat campaign as part of its critical humanitarian assistance.
Certified wheat seeds are currently being dispatched across 27 provinces in
#Afghanistan
#UN4AFG
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Female workers are essential for delivering all sorts of humanitarian assistance across-the-board in Afghanistan.
In these times of acute crisis, women's involvement and engagement is a must.
📸A female vet deworms livestock in
#Shoghnan
#Badakhshan
thanks to🇸🇪
@Sida
🇯🇵
@japan
💰
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This
#WorldFoodDay
we do also have a specific message from Kabul to the world: please do not forget
#Afghanistan
!
We call all donors to continue providing essential funding to protect agricultural livelihoods because food production is critical.
📺
@FabrizioCes
@FAO
Deputy Rep👇
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Effective monitoring ensures successful & timely project implementation, especially in emergency settings.
We trained 25 Field Monitoring Associates from 7 provinces in Jalalabad on FAO programmes & data collection to perform real-time monitoring of our implementation progress.
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🚨 Urgent Update 🚨
@FAO
is scaling up its emergency assistance to farmers & herders affected by the recent
#HeratEarthquake
.
Our field data indicates the loss of 1.3K+ sheep/goat and tens of other animals, across 9 villages.
Carcass disposal efforts are underway.
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For many vulnerable herders, the only way to be able to buy food for their family is selling their livestock in despair at low prices. Destocking levels are dramatic.
📸Kuchi herders, whose livestock livelihood will be protected🙏🇺🇸
@USAIDSavesLives
, discuss with an
@FAO
officer.
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Thanks to 🇮🇹 Italy, 9⃣,8⃣0⃣0⃣ people have been supported by
@FAO
through cash for work initiative in Laghman province while building 10 water protection walls and 2 water reservoirs.
Cash for work assistance boosts short-term income and improves irrigation availability.
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When a household receives 200kg of concentrated animal feed, this maintains their livestock for up to 6 months. Dairy product sales generates income to about 💲35 a week.
We've started distribution in Nimroz province to support 2⃣0⃣,3⃣0⃣0⃣ people. Funds:
@ADB_HQ
#foodsecurity
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Cash-for-work not only puts money in the pockets of Afghans, it also rehabilitates key
#agriculture
infrastructure to ensure sustainable production of food for domestic use as well as for agribusiness.
#WorldFoodDay2022
#LeaveNoOneBehind
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Successive droughts in Afghanistan have greatly affected the country's
#foodsecurity
.
We are rehabilitating 79 irrigation schemes to improve access to water for irrigation & build climate resilience, while generating short-term employment for rural communities.
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Thanks to funding from 🇮🇹 Italy,
@FAO
supported 2⃣1⃣,0⃣0⃣0⃣ people with livestock protection assistance in Uruzgan province.
Each family received 200 kg of animal feed, medicine and technical training to keep their animals healthy and productive.
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21 March is International Day of Forests. In Afghanistan they have been terribly impacted by 40+ years of war & neglect. Read and hear about it in the video below, where we see
@FAOAfghanistan
supported by
@theGEF
working on
#Kunar
's forests: 👇
@FAOForestry
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Home gardening has an established tradition in Afghanistan; it improves
#foodsecurity
& alleviates micronutrient deficiencies due of access to diverse foods.
We distributed 7 types of vegetable seeds to 2,300 families in Badghis. Cultivation happens in spring & summer. 💵
@ADB_HQ
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In Ghor Province, one of Afghanistan's most vulnerable and isolated provinces, we provided 8,000 families with 40 MT of DAP fertilizer - 50 kg each- just in time for spring season cultivation.
💵
@WorldBank
#FoodSecurity
#ZeroHunger
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We start the distribution of 4⃣,0⃣0⃣3⃣ tonnes of animal feed in
#Badakhshan
to 1⃣4⃣0⃣,0⃣0⃣0⃣ people.
This is to keep
#livestock
healthy and productive, and to ensure high quality source of meat and milk for domestic use as well as for income generation.
#foodsecurity
#zerohunger
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10
44
For the next 20 days, we will deworm 18 250 cattle, sheep & goats in Jawzjan Province.
Deworming clears all internal parasites. The animals then to eat more, became fat & produce more meat & milk. Livestock is a key livelihood source for rural people.
#FoodSecurity
@ADB_HQ
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“FAO is deeply concerned about the rural crisis affecting the 70% of the Afghan population. 80% depend on rural livelihoods. The importance of agriculture in keeping the people of Afghanistan fed, alive, and self-reliant cannot be overstated,” said
@Dick_Trenchard
@FAO
Rep.
🚨Press Release:
@UN
and
#humanitarian
partners scale up life-saving response to crisis in
#Afghanistan
and call on all donors to urgently turn pledges into reality
↘️
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🚨Some 19.7 million people, almost half of Afghanistan’s population, are facing acute hunger according to the latest
@theIPCinfo
analysis conducted in January and February 2022 by Food Security and Agriculture Cluster partners, including
@FAO
,
@WFP_Media
and many NGOs.
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.
@FAO
is swiftly responding to the
#HeratEarthquake
, setting up one large Rub Hall and 25 small tents to assist farmers and herders in affected communities.
FAO personnel, partners, and support staff are on the ground, providing immediate assistance to those in need.
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📸Mohamad Yonous, a farmer from
#Balkh
, received 50 kg of certified wheat seeds, 50 kg of urea, and training on wheat cultivation thanks to🇺🇳
@UNCERF
🇺🇸
@USAIDSavesLives
💰
Wheat support provided by
@FAO
this winter is expected to grow enough food for 1.7 million people for a year.
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On
#WorldFoodDay
, FAO is committed to rehabilitating sustainable water resources in Afghanistan. 💧Water remains a vital resource for life & food.
Let's create a sustainable future through water restoration!
#WaterAction
#SDG6
#روز_جهانی_غذا
#قهرمانان_غذایی
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The rehabilitation of Juy Turkman irrigation scheme in Kunduz is at 50%.
The construction of 9 culverts, 1 spillway & 2 flumes will improve irrigation in the area as well as help 19,530 people in Imam Sahib District with increased agricultural production.
#foodsecurity
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What can we do about ecosystem degradation?
In
#Afghanistan
, thanks to
@theGEF
funding,
@FAO
has initiated the reforestation of 687.5 hectares in
#Paktia
by planting:
107,000 walnut trees
6,100 pine nut trees
5,000 almond saplings
... and more... Read👉
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📸Abdul Ghani, a herder in Afghanistan's western Farah province, received 200 kg animal feed and livestock training from
@FAO
.
Thanks to 🇺🇸
@USAIDSavesLives
funding, FAO provided livestock assistance to a total of 3 450 herder families. This means support to 24 150 people.
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11
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In Paktika, we established 1,080 ha agroforestry plots & distributed 30,000 kg of DAP fertilizer to improve the ecosystem & mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.
Agroforestry promotes the production of a diverse & adequate supply of nutritious foods contributing to
#foodsecurity
.
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12
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High-level UN delegation led by the Deputy Secretary-General calls on Afghanistan’s de facto Taliban authorities to reverse course on recent decrees limiting women’s and girls’ rights, says Afghans must not be abandoned
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10
39
📸A total of 1 100 farmers were supported with Urea in Ghoryan and Zendajan districts of Herat province by
@FAO
. Each farmer received 50 kg of Urea.
The funding to this intervention was provided by 🇪🇺
@eu_echo
and 🇺🇸
@USAIDSavesLives
🙏.
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One of the most important benefits of
@FAO
's backyard poultry assistance is improving child nutrition immediately. Eggs mean high-quality protein and good fats.
⚠️FAO urgently needs $24.5M to provide this type of support to 1.35 million people over the winter and spring.
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#drought
is again the top concern of
#Afghanfarmers
, moving ahead of high prices. The 7th
#DatainEmergencies
report by
@FAO
just published shows a net decrease in area planted. Animal pests, plant diseases and poor pasture are additional concerns. Read
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Hygiene & living conditions of livestock must be monitored regularly to reduce antimicrobial resistance & keep animals healthy.
Barns for 250 households -2,650 animals- were renovated in Bamyan, Badghis & Ghazni to ensure better dairy production & increased income.
#foodsecurity
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Soybean is a rich source of protein, acids & fiber. It's used to prepare cookies, cake, soymilk, bolani, pakawra, qorma & rice.
To respond to the reduced access to nutritious food, FAO taught 1,268 women on various ways to use soybean domestically.
#betternutrition
More 👇
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Keeping animals healthy and productive is essential for herding communities.
Livestock generates income and provides nutritious meat & milk,especially for lactating mothers and children.
📸220 Kuchi families receive 200kg of concentrate animal feed & training each
#Kandahar
🙏🇺🇸
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It's harvest time in Nangarhar. A total of 42,000 people in the province have benefitted from
@FAO
’s crucial assistance to wheat cultivation.
Farmers are expecting up to 840 kg yield from the 50 kg certified seed by FAO, cultivated in 0.4 ha of land. 🙏
@UNCERF
@USAIDSavesLives
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12
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NEWS RELEASE |🇪🇺EU humanitarian aid
@eu_echo
&
@FAO
partner to assist highly food insecure people in
#Afghanistan
New €2 million intervention to reach 88 200 people in 4 provinces to prevent massive loss of livestock due to
#LaNi
ña induced drought
READ👉
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One of the 8.3 million trenches dug by local communities with
@FAOAfghanistan
support to retain snow and rain, replenish groundwater and reduce flashfloods. This is in
#Parun
,
#Nuristan
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See how good the June wheat crop was?
That's the result of issuing certified seeds, fertilizers & training since Aug 2021.
1⃣.6⃣million people reached now have daily stock for up to 1 year, as well as seeds for the next planting season.
Funds:
@eu_echo
#FoodSecurity
#ZeroHunger
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In Bamyan, after inspection of backyard poultry farm materials to ensure they are in line with
@FAO
standards, 588 women received 30 pullets each, 150 kg of feed, 3 feeders, 3 drinkers, 3 beams of wood for roofing. The birds were vaccinated too.
#FoodSecurity
@ADB_HQ
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9
39
📸2000 women received 8 types of vegetable seeds and tools in
#Kunar
from
@FAO
thanks to🇩🇰
@DanishMFA
.
Home gardening can boost households' income by up to USD 80 per month for up to 5 months, while it increases access to nutritious food... growing food right where is needed.
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7,000 people from farming families were supported with 50 kg urea fertilizer each as part of
@FAO
’s wheat assistance in Helmand thanks to 🇪🇺
@eu_echo
& 🇺🇸
@USAIDSavesLives
🙏
Rich in nitrogen, urea contributes to strengthening wheat crops to better withstand pests & crop diseases.
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🆕Post
#AfghanistanDiaries
| "I had mixed feelings of sadness and hope (...) But this last conversation brought a bit of hope & validation to our work. Agriculture is definitely a cost-effective humanitarian intervention"
Mumtaz Baryal,
@FAO
officer
Read👉
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11
37
📸Abdul Awal, 38, from Shuhada district in Badakhshan received 200 kg animal feed from
@FAO
, funded by
@USAIDSavesLives
🇺🇸
A total of 21,588 people benefited from animal feed assistance & specific livestock training in Badakhshan to keep their animals healthy & productive.
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11
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Last week,
@Dick_Trenchard
kicked off lumpy skin disease vaccination in Nuristan.
It took 9 hours on dusty, sometimes non-existent roads. We crossed rivers & riverbeds to ensure that this community that largely depends on livestock doesn't lose this crucial asset to the disease.
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Farmers in northern Balkh province are expecting increased yield, thanks to the certified wheat seed assisted by
@FAO
, funded by
@USAIDSavesLives
.
"The 50 kg certified wheat seed will produce up to 1,400 kg wheat, 3 times more than the local seed," Osman, a farmer from Balkh.
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10
36
📸FAO supported Sulaiman, a farmer in Farah province, with 50 kg certified wheat seed and training.
6 000 families in the province received wheat seed packages, which will benefit 42 000 people. Each family will also get 50 kg of fertilizers. Thanks to 🇺🇸
@USAIDSavesLives
🙏
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Today is Nawroz and we wish all Afghans Sal-e Nao Mubarak (Happy New Year). In the Afghan calendar it is 1403. Hopefully this year will bring abundant harvests and a peaceful and happy life in rural Afghanistan.
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6
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Thanks to funding from 🇰🇷
#Korea
,
@FAO
&
@WFP_Media
are implementing a joint project to strengthen soybean production in Afghanistan as a way to improve food security & nutrition.
Soybean is being adopted to combat malnutrition & improve protein intake.
📸
1
12
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To keep humidity, increase underground water & conserve snow/rainwater, we excavated trenches in 5 hectares of land in Abkamary district - Badghis province. This is to ensure increased vegetation cover & rangeland productivity for rural livelihoods.
Funds:
@theGEF
#foodsecurity
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6
37
Globally, 10 million ha – the equivalent of about 14 million football pitches – of forest were lost per year to deforestation between 2015 & 2020. Afghanistan lost 34%.
1,325 ha of land has been afforested, & 133 water reservoirs were built.
#IntlForestDay
#GenerationRestoration
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10
36
🆕Blog post | Poverty hits rural Afghanistan: skinny, barefoot children, underweight animals & pending debts
"My optimism...was accompanied by concern & despair about the emerging trends of poverty, malnutrition and a growing sense of helplessness."
👉
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In Jawzjan Province, displaced families have been returning to their lands since Aug 2021 but there's poor crop yield due to drought.
To boost their production with
@japan
's support, FAO issued certified wheat seed to more than 5,000 people in the province.
#foodsecurity
2
11
35
Hundreds of thousands of Afghans are coming back from
#Pakistan
since Oct.
@FAOAfghanistan
representative met returnees in Kunar (below). We provide livelihood support (seeds, tools, vet care, irrigation) to host communities, helping them to handle the sudden influx.
2
11
34
Great news from Chahak village!
The blocked sections of the Karizes have been opened, allowing animals to reach much-needed drinking water.
@FAO
and partners are on the ground, providing immediate support to farmers and herders affected by the devastating
#HeratEarthquake
.
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The
@FAOAfghanistan
communications & reporting team is celebrating
#SnowinKabul
hoping that this signals the end of the long drought - insha'Allah!
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15,000 people in Badakhshan will benefit from the spring wheat cultivation assistance provided by
@FAO
, funded by
@USAIDSavesLives
🇺🇸.
Spring certified seed is particularly useful for farmers in high elevation cool areas who can't plant winter wheat.
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