Afghanistan diaries
Forests for people: traveling to the remotest province to visit forestation efforts by FAO
by - 09/06/2023
Take a look at the team's journey to work towards promoting the protection and sustainable use of natural resources while meeting society’s growing needs for decent and resilient livelihoods for local communities in Badghis.
Afghanistan diaries
Nuristan – a remote province with poor people but with a rich and unique culture, hospitality, and big hearts
by - 07/06/2023
Nuristan is mostly covered by mountains and has little arable land for agriculture, which is why most of the people depend on livestock for their livelihood. Learn more about FAO's impact and work in this region.
Afghanistan diaries
Poverty hits rural Afghanistan: skinny, barefoot children, underweight animals and pending debts
by - 20/08/2022
Modaser Islami, FAO National Communications Officer, has recently been on a humanitarian mission to the northern Balkh province of Afghanistan to talk to local people about the situation and FAO’s response to the humanitarian crisis.
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An assessment of the humanitarian situation on the ground in Baghlan
26/06/2022
Nessar Ahmad Khuram, FAO National Safeguards Officer, shares his experiences from a field mission to Baghlan and Kunduz provinces, where he spoke to farmers and rural residents who have been severely affected by flash flooding events.
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A road mission to one of the remotest and most deprived provinces
11/06/2022
Noor Ahmad Burhani, National Dairy Industry Development Specialist in Herat, shares his experiences from a recent mission to the capital of Ghor province, where a small pocket of “catastrophic” levels of food insecurity has been detected for the first time in the country.
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A road mission to one of Afghanistan’s most war-affected districts
04/05/2022
Faridullah Sherzad, FAO National Soybean Trial and Seed Associate in Mazar-e-Sharif regional office, shares his experiences from a recent mission to Khan Abad district in Kunduz province. His story is a mix of disappointment, contentment and hope.
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A symbol of resilience: remaining optimistic at the toughest times
by - 19/04/2022
Hashim Azizi, FAO National Graphic Designer, went on a field mission to eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan to speak to the farmers who benefitted from FAO’s wheat assistance during the winter wheat campaign.
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Once desperate for help, farmers are now looking for better harvest
by - 06/04/2022
Abdul Maroof Kochai, National Livestock Assistant Officer at FAO Jalalabad office, tells the story about how FAO’s support sustained crucial livelihoods in rural areas during a difficult period in the country that is adversely affecting people’s lives.
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Planting seeds of hope in hearts of Afghan women
15/03/2022
Nazifa Natiq, FAO Regional Resilience Officer in Mazar-e-Sharif, tells us how the cooking demonstrations she conducts in northern Afghanistan help rural women produce nutritious food and improve their family’s nutrition, while they generate a new or additional income.
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A professional woman's relentless pursuit to give rural women a voice
by - 07/03/2022
Karima Sorkhabi, FAO Gender and Social Development Specialist for the western region of Afghanistan, shares glimpses of her journey over the last half a year; from uncertainty and frustration to her return to office to chase her dream of improving women’s lives in her country.
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The desperate call for help... a humanitarian worker’s nightmare
by - 27/02/2022
Mohammad Khalid Besmil, FAO Livestock Officer in Mazar-e-Sharif, travelled to northern provinces as part of a joint UN mission to ensure the fair distribution of assistance in line with the core humanitarian principles.
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A mission to Uruzgan, one of the most affected provinces by drought and conflict
by - 20/02/2022
Mumtaz Baryal, FAO Local Social Mobilizer, participated in a joint UN humanitarian mission to assess the situation and monitor field activities in a former battlefield. He tells his experience listening to farmers and people supported by FAO with a backyard poultry package.
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From Kandahar to Kabul and back
by - 13/02/2022
Humanitarian professionals’ commitment to staying and delivering for the Afghan people needed to be balanced against the need to safeguard their safety. In this dispatch from the field, Ahmad Feroz Aryan, FAO’s Regional Coordinator for the Southern Region in Afghanistan, tells his story of being relocated to Kabul and then going back home to resume his work in a changed Afghanistan.
Afghanistan diaries
Fighting drought in Afghanistan: commitment and tears
by - 05/02/2022
An FAO officer, Jawid Sultany, goes back to Herat and finds a worrisome situation as the humanitarian crisis is hitting hard farmers and herders in the western region of Afghansitan due to drought and the economic turmoil.