Published in november 2012 by arlington hall press, an imprint of the association for diplomatic studies and training, this collection contains 115 brief essays by past and present usaid staff and administrators, organized by decades. Results matching of afghanistan usaid development data. Usaid supports agriculture research in afghanistan. Project results and lessons will be expanded at national level during the lifetime of the project and developed strategies will be beneficial for sustainability in. The expenditure figures for 2011 are preliminary as their books for 2011 have not. Chemonics is pleased to announce garron hansen as its new agriculture and food security practice director. The afghanistan value chainslivestock avclivestock project, funded by the u. Project management specialist natural resources at usaid. Today, due to the efforts of usaid, other international donors, and the afghan government, more than 9. Usaids afghanistan agricultural extension projectii aaepii helps afghanistans ministry of agriculture, irrigation and livestock mail deliver extension services to rural clientele by strengthening cooperation and linkages between mail and the other government agencies like directorates of agriculture, irrigation, and livestock dails. In haiti, usaid hired chemonics to build a temporary parliament. The statistic represents the usaid development assistance for afghanistan, sorted by sector. Agriculture excluding opium poppy accounts for about one quarter of national gdp and is the second largest sector after services. Afghanistan value chains livestock avcl is a marketoriented program that operates throughout the country, with regional offices in kabul, herat, mazaresharif, jalalabad, and kandahar.
Institute for peace usip and researchers from princetons empirical studies on conflict project esocin their analysis of numerous studies, articles, and data sets onstabilization programming in afghanistan. Investing in afghanistans future chemonics international. Apply to gender justice program advisor inl, program officer, program coordinator and more. Commercial horticulture and agricultural marketing project champ. Usaid is helping afghanistan become a more responsible and integrated member of the region and the world. Carol wilson, director, office of agriculture, usaid afghanistan will gibson, beo asia william thomas, beobfs. Under its time to read project, usaid plans to print. Usaid partners with afghanistan s ministry of agriculture, irrigation and livestock to increase the productivity and incomes of afghan farmers. Usaid promote program usaid is helping afghanistan become a more responsible and integrated member of the region and the world. Usaid partners with afghanistans ministry of agriculture, irrigation and livestock to increase the productivity and incomes of afghan farmers. Women continue to struggle for basic rights, including gender parity in health care, education, economic opportunities, social inclusion, and political participation. A girl fills a water jug in the village of kor kah, where locals voted to use. Afghanistan ranks near the bottom of virtually every index measuring gender equality and empowerment. Afghanistan is endowed with a wealth of natural resources, including extensive deposits of natural gas, petroleum, coal, marble, gold, copper, chromite, talc, barites, sulfur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt, precious and semiprecious stones, and many rare earth elements.
Usaids afghanistan agricultural ii helps afghanistans. Chemonics welcomes new agriculture and food security practice director. Refine your search by country andor topic to find the projects you want to learn more about. Agency for international development usaid has sought to deliver effective development results in a war zone. The first donation of 110,257 books was delivered over the months of march and april 2019.
Usaid has also supported the training of 950 science and math teachers and lab technicians in remote schools and the printing and distribution of more than 6,000 training books to math and science teachers. Usaid s financial access for investing in the development of afghanistan faida project focused on building the capacity of msmes to expand their production. Agency for international development usaid, facilitated investments and works to improve the productivity and profitability of select agricultural value chains, increasing the food and economic security of. He knew more about farming than any usaid officer in afghanistan, and because the soil and climate in helmand were similar to that of southern georgia, he had a keen sense of what would and wouldnt grow in the province. To address these challenges, usaid s capacity building activity cba is helping the ministry of education achieve its 20152020 national education strategic plan goals. Empowering women and cultivating equitable governance in.
University of california at davis prime, washington state university, purdue university, and university of maryland objectives. Project management specialist agriculture multiple. Overview the united states is in partnership with pakistan to improve pakistani lives. The project is a united states agency for international development usaidfunded program for the afghan ministry of education moe. Recognizing that 90% of women in the aaep impacted provinces are engaged in livestock production, tamu will support other program partners in developing demonstration and training programs in order to improve dietary diversity with meat, milk and egg product while creating opportunities for. Aaep ii builds the technical and teaching capacity of afghanistan s ministry of agriculture, irrigation and livestock mail in 27 provinces and 193 districts to deliver effective and sustainable extension services to afghan farmers. With funds from the united states agency for international developmentfood for peace usaid ffp, care implemented the emergency food assistance for somalis efas project from april 2017may 2018 in the sanaag and sool regions of somaliasomaliland benefiting,882 households. Usaid and mail launch new agricultural projects in afghanistan kabul, afghanistan today, u. Usaid and mail launch new agricultural projects in. Development data library ddl your gateway to usaid funded, machinereadable data. Submitted by xheraldina cernobregu, usaid kosovo children in kosovo are now learning about justice thanks to over 17,000 coloring books that have been distributed to primary schools in rural and urban kosovo since the project s launch in june 2010. This, after all, is the only way to ensure longterm, sustainable change. Through this project, usaid partnered with the afghan government to print and distribute 47.
Afghanistan is the third largest exporter of cashmere. Usaid afghanistan s misti ranks as the largest and most comprehensive trends analysis and impact evaluation of stabilization interventions that the u. Usaid and mail launch new agricultural projects in afghanistan endarips. The united states is in partnership with pakistan to improve pakistani lives. The a ganar alliance impact evaluations ies are two interrelated studies designed to assess the effectiveness of the a ganar sportfordevelopment program in honduras and guatemala, allowing usaid to compare outcomes in different contexts, increasing the external validity, or generalizability, of evaluation findings. Afghanistan is a rural economy and about 73 per cent of the population lives in rural areas. For example, 70 percent of the faculty of agriculture in kabul.
Trade and investment, financial sector, infrastructure, agriculture, private sector competitiveness, and economic opportunity. Mar, 2014 this testimony summarizes the findings from those products related to usaid efforts in afghanistan and discusses. Mts was piloted in world visions afghanistan mhealth project usaid funded child survival health program 200820, and the evaluation results are encouraging. These usaid projects are designed to assist the government of the islamic republic of afghanistan to extend its reach into unstable areas, engage atrisk populations. Integrating livestock and women in agriculture wia. Agency for international development usaid mission director herbie smith and the ministry of agriculture, irrigation and livestock mail minister naseer durrani launched two new value chain projects to improve afghanistan s agricultural sector. The one organization that had money for such projects was usaid. Jul 28, 2010 in the afghanistan war for hearts and minds, usaid lost its battle in badakshan province. This, after all, is the only way to ensure longterm. Investments in infrastructure and human capital are making the country less. Usaid donates 385,000 books to 900 schools press release. Results matching category of education and social services.
Usaid american and foreign national field staff understand local development challenges and institutional capabilities of local organizations. Afghanistanregional agricultural development program. In the afghanistan war for hearts and minds, too much money, given too fast may actually lose the battle for usaid. Hansen is an accomplished agriculture, economic growth, and private sector development professional with nearly two decades of experience. On this website you can learn more about the journey to selfreliance, access usaid s primary selfreliance assessment tool. The technical assistance to the implementation of the food and nutrition security strategy in afghanistan project is implemented in collaboration with policy and planning directorate to address food security and nutrition fsn policy issues, strengthen fsn governance and coordinate at national and local levels, develop capacity of mailpails and dails staff to plan, implement and monitor fsn related projects on nutrition sensitive agriculture, women mainstreaming to fsn. Partnership, progress, perseverance published on mar 29, 2012 this report demonstrates the results we can achieve when we, in strong partnership with the afghan people, focus.
Devex reported with the launch of the usaid forward reform effort, the u. India finishes 400 social infra projects in afghanistan, us praises effort all the indian projects are undertaken in partnership with the afghan government and are spread across each and every of. Afghanistan rule of law project united states institute of. The usaid library helps keep agency staff and the public informed on a broad range of development topics by collecting commercially published books and videos on issues like. There is a compelling case for investing in agriculture in afghanistan. The main objectives of the programs are to drive job creation and increase rural incomes through support to key actors along the livestock and high value crops value chains. With support from usaids agribusiness project, manure from the lazar dairy is being digested by serbias first biogas plant and converted into electricity, which the dairy sells to the national electricity company, eps, at a preferential rate applicable to renewable energy suppliers. Embassy and usaid, donor agencies and international organizations working in yemen. Its most extensive program since vietnam, the effort has pushed the agency well beyond its traditional boundary of delivering development aid. The firms were hired by usaid to assess the capacity of the afghan government to administer the u. How usaid loses hearts and minds one battle in the other afghanistan war. Institutions that can accountably respond to peoples needs and aspirations are being restored.
The coloring books, published with usaid support, have been in high demand throughout the country. Usaid bangladeshs accelerating agriculture productivity improvement aapi project, will reach 3. The afghanistan value chainslivestock project helps livestock farmers and related agribusinesses to increase productivity and. The project s objectives are to improve rural household food security and enhance agriculture based income generation, improve nutritional status of target.
Usaid afghanistan agricultural extension project ii aaepii. William hammink is a recently retired career minister in the senior foreign service who has 36 years of experience working with usaid, including as mission director in afghanistan, india, sudan and ethiopia, and assistant to the administrator for afghanistan and pakistan. The united states, through usaid, partnered with the zambian government and the international finance corporation in launching the scaling solar project, the goal of which is to construct the first two 50megawatt scaling solar generation sites in zambia. Quickimpact projects in afghanistan for fiscal years. Usaid and mail launch new agricultural projects in afghanistan. Fifty years in usaid association for diplomatic studies. In 2010, gao reported that usaid did not consistently follow its established performance management and evaluation procedures for afghanistan agriculture and water sector projects. Usaid is also making significant gains in higher education, equipping more men and women with industryrelevant degrees. This project will provide extension and advisory services to afghan farmers and strengthen the capacity of mail and dail to sustainably. Usaidnigeria has been investing in several agriculture activities such as thai farms to support local farmers. In rural afghanistan, 89 percent of individuals in 2012 were accustomed to defecating in the open, despite existing projects that involved the construction of latrines and wells. Respondents and care felt that the impact was positive. Usaid procurement announcements usaid procurement announcements. Afghanistan agriculture extension project ii aaep ii.
The usaid agriculture program is a fiveyear program 20182023 that accelerates the growth of agricultural subsectors that show strong potential to create jobs, grow incomes, and increase micro, small, and medium enterprise msme revenues. These cargo preference statistics represent the tonnage amount and percentage of p. Agriculture sector measures reported to the afghanistan. Apr 26, 2012 the number of programmes funded by the usaid in pakistan will be cut down to 35 from 150 by 20, senior usaid official alex thier revealed adding that the reduction will not affect the. Avchvc promotes sustainable agriculture led economic growth, in line with the ministry of agriculture, irrigation and livestocks national comprehensive agricultural development priority. This project will be implemented under usaid s community development program cdp with additional support from the local governance and community development lgcd project. Usaid partner to end extreme poverty and promote resilient, democratic societies while advancing our security. Project list fao in afghanistan food and agriculture. Since beginning a temporary work assignment with usaid in afghanistan six months ago, the achievements of my afghan sisters and the support from their brothers, sons, fathers and husbands have left the greatest impression on me. The measuring impact of stabilization initiatives misti project was awarded to management systems international msi on march 14, 2012 and concluded on september 30, 2015.
English news and press release on afghanistan about agriculture. Usaid works directly with the ministry of education to strengthen the governments ability to administer a nationwide educational system. Both countries share borders with afghanistan, grow many of the same crops and livestock and have similar agroecology. In fact, maximizing agricultural revenue and key enterprises in targeted sites markets ii is the nigeria missions flagship agriculture activity. The main objectives of the programs are to drive job creation and increase rural incomes through support to key. Avchvc promotes sustainable agricultureled economic growth, in line with the ministry of agriculture, irrigation and livestocks national comprehensive agricultural development afghanistan value chains high value crops avchvc is a marketoriented project that operates throughout the country, with regional offices in kabul, herat, mazaresharif, jalalabad, and. Afghanistan and usaid usaid supports agriculture research in afghanistan. Jun 06, 2012 gao has found systematic weaknesses in usaid s oversight and monitoring of project and program performance in afghanistan. Usaid development assistance for afghanistan 2014, by sector. More than 80 percent of the population and nearly 90 percent of the poor live in. Champ has been working in southern afghanistan and will continue the activities in areas vacated by radpsouth. Usaid administrator rarely mentions afghanistan al jazeera.
The united states agency for international development usaid is an independent agency of the united states federal government that is primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance. The united states agency for international development afghanistan is seeking applications for a cooperative agreement from qualified u. Dec houses technical and project materials while the development. The incumbent is a core member of the agriculture team working on a portfolio of agriculture agribusiness and agroprocessing activities with agreementcontract officers representative acor responsibilities for several projects and activities to address food security issues in afghanistan. The main goal of this project is to improve monitoring and analysis of agricultural production systems to support agricultural policies and food security in afghanistan. Representing 38 percent of afghanistan s gross domestic product and 80 percent of the labor force, micro, small, and mediumsized agricultural enterprises msmes have recently become an important driver of the countrys economy. Kabul fruit market photo by stephanie brennan ii table. Afghanistan value chains high value crops avchvc is a marketoriented project that operates throughout the country, with regional offices in kabul, herat, mazaresharif, jalalabad, and kandahar. Building the technical capacity of public extension. In summary, what, in fact, do we learn from the american university of afghanistan and other usaid projects in afghanistan. Us, afghan governments launch program to give students. Despite strides made since 2007, afghanistan s education sector continues to face a variety of challenges around infrastructure and service delivery. Agency for international development has taken steps to ensure local governments, civil society and people are not just recipients and implementers of u.
English news and press release on afghanistan about agriculture, contributions and more. Agriculture and food security chemonics international. Usaid missions with strong agriculture and natural resource management programs have potential to greatly enhance the impact of sanrem research. Usaid partners with afghanistans ministry of agriculture, irrigation and. Data from a 2018 survey of smallholder farmers in tanzania assisted by the mboga na matunda project.
Kunar, kapisa, parwan, wardak, kabul and panjshayr. Agriculture in afghanistan is traditionally the major activity for a large portion of the population, but the sector has suffered from nearly 30 years of conflict, low investment and natural disasters. Usaid afghanistan has tenninated for convenience the regional agricultural developn1ent program south radpsouth activity. Like some of the other usual suspects in afghanistan, it doesnt always take meticulous care in the execution of its projects. Usaid funded programs in pakistan demonstrated how farmers can produce wheat at three times.
Agency for international development usaid mission director herbie. United states agency for international development wikipedia. This support has been instrumental in enabling afghan producers to capitalize on favorable conditions through programs that increase farmers productivity. Amidst a deteriorating security situation, political instability surrounding upcoming national elections, and economic. Institutional capacities are improving, but remain weak while significant investment occurred in transportation, security, communication, and. Agency for international development usaid and projects led by dai, including most recently our kenya access to rural finance karf project 20072010. India finishes 400 social infra projects in afghanistan. The regional agricultural development programnorth radpnorth, funded by the u. At the project s transition conference on april 30, smith addressed a crowd of more than 80 people at the movenpick hotel in sanaa, including yemens minister of agriculture and irrigation, mr. Usaid afghanistan agricultural extension project ii. Dec 05, 2012 like some of the other usual suspects in afghanistan, it doesnt always take meticulous care in the execution of its projects. However, high transaction costs, limited access to finance, and a poor enabling environment continue to deter private investment in livestockrelated enterprises and hinder growth in afghanistan s agriculture sector overall.
Great strides have been made in health and education, bringing more afghans back into economic and civic life. Afghanistan rule of law project checchi and company consulting, inc. Kenyas microfinance sector is internationally recognized due largely to consistent and strategic investment by the u. Pdf final report usaid office of agriculture commercial. Avcl promotes sustainable agriculture led economic growth, in line with the ministry of agriculture, irrigation and livestocks national comprehensive agricultural development priority program. Usaid health activities place significant emphasis on the behavioral components and household dimensions of wash. With an eye to the future and to overcome these perennial challenges, usaid and the government of afghanistan have made support for agriculture a top priority of our efforts in afghanistan. Icma s projects and programs span the globefrom philadelphia to the philippinesand address the technical areas that are priorities for effective and efficient local government management and leadership.
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