News
18 May 2024
Afghanistan's northern provinces are facing a severe infestation of the Moroccan Locust for the second consecutive year. This pest poses a significant threat to the country's wheat production, vegetation, and food security. Urgent measures are required to mitigate the economic and environmental losses caused by this voracious insect. Afghanistan has...
Afghanistan's northern provinces are facing a severe infestation of the Moroccan Locust for the second consecutive year. This pest poses a significant threat to the country's wheat production, vegetation, and food security. Urgent measures are required to mitigate the economic and environmental losses caused by this voracious insect. Afghanistan has...
17 April 2024
Gulab Jan, a livestock owner from Nangarhar province, tells us about how he experienced CCHF: “I attempted to manually remove the ticks from my livestock, unaware of the risks involved. I contracted the illness myself, experiencing symptoms such as fever, headache and muscle pain. It became clear this was not...
Gulab Jan, a livestock owner from Nangarhar province, tells us about how he experienced CCHF: “I attempted to manually remove the ticks from my livestock, unaware of the risks involved. I contracted the illness myself, experiencing symptoms such as fever, headache and muscle pain. It became clear this was not...
20 March 2024
In the beautiful village of Landakhil, located in the Pachir Agam district of Nangarhar province, a transformative initiative unfolded between April 4, 2023, and December 4, 2023, courtesy of the generous support from the World Bank and implemented by FAO-Afghanistan. This rural haven, with its rich cultural tapestry, witnessed a...
In the beautiful village of Landakhil, located in the Pachir Agam district of Nangarhar province, a transformative initiative unfolded between April 4, 2023, and December 4, 2023, courtesy of the generous support from the World Bank and implemented by FAO-Afghanistan. This rural haven, with its rich cultural tapestry, witnessed a...
11 March 2024
If one asks a male Afghan farmer about the role of his family’s women in the farm, he will readily admit that women do at least half of the work. This hasn’t been affected by the change of government in 2021. The subsequent partial bans on women working by the...
If one asks a male Afghan farmer about the role of his family’s women in the farm, he will readily admit that women do at least half of the work. This hasn’t been affected by the change of government in 2021. The subsequent partial bans on women working by the...
27 February 2024
Almost all Afghan farmers are independent smallholders. Besides a few jerib of land (5 jerib = 1ha or 2.5 acres) they typically own a few animals. Besides Afghanistan’s 1.5 million Kuchi nomads, who live exclusively from their livestock and have larger herds, most Afghan farmers have 1 or 2 cows...
Almost all Afghan farmers are independent smallholders. Besides a few jerib of land (5 jerib = 1ha or 2.5 acres) they typically own a few animals. Besides Afghanistan’s 1.5 million Kuchi nomads, who live exclusively from their livestock and have larger herds, most Afghan farmers have 1 or 2 cows...
