Seeds of Sustainability in Afghanistan | ICARDA

August 12, 2015

12 August 2015, ICARDA — “After three decades of war, the agricultural sector in Afghanistan, which is the main source of food and income for many in the country, requires creative and innovative thinking to support the agricultural economy and national development efforts. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL), poor quality seed is one of the major hindrances in agricultural sustainability and improving poor livelihoods.
To address this challenge, ICARDA along with MAIL initiated the Community, Livestock, and Agriculture Project (CLAP) in 2014 to conduct research and provide quality seeds of cereals, vegetables and forage crops to farmers in Kabul, Parwan and Logar provinces. The project is being funded by IFAD for six years.Under this project, ICARDA provided improved seeds of wheat to 45 farmers in Parwan province to establish demo-plots in their villages. With this improved quality of seed, the average yield of farmers has doubled on the demo-farms. …”
Photo: Mr. Ajab Gul showing his yield from Zagras variety of wheat. Credit ICARDA