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Asia and the Middle East
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Widower in northern Afghanistan, in her kitchen garden
CARE Nederland’s food security programme to promote
best practices in wheat crop production
Goats distributed by CA partner in Kohsan district of
Herat, western Afghanistan
Training session
Building safety nets and supporting
improvements to agricultural
productivity in northern Afghanistan
Summary and objectives
The aim is to mitigate the negative effects of food
crises. The most vulnerable groups have increased
their resilience and responses to food insecurity
through the provision of safety nets and suitable
technologies (such as restoration of irrigation facilities,
seed banks, training).
Target groups
5 550 families, including small and marginal cultivators
(2 500), women-headed households (1 100),
landless agricultural labourers (1 200) and the most
vulnerable, e.g. widows and disabled people (550).
Final beneficiaries
50 000 families.
Total estimated cost
€ 2 366 556
Grant awarded
€ 2 129 900
Partners
Women and Youth Support Centre, Afghanistan.
Targeted assistance for foodinsecure
families in Balkh (TAFFB)
Summary and objectives
To enhance food security in fi ve districts in Balkh
province by the end of October 2011, by restoring
food production capacity and improving the economic
situation of households affected by drought
and food insecurity.
Target groups
22 agricultural cooperatives, 367 Community
Development Councils (CDCs), 367 women subcommittees,
170 seed multiplication farmers and
16 Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock
provincial staff.
Final beneficiaries
5 085 households (35 595 people) in Balkh province,
affected by drought and food insecurity.
Total estimated cost
€ 2 163 602
Grant awarded
€ 1 947 026
Partners
Agency for Rehabilitation and Energy-conservation
in Afghanistan (AREA).
Comprehensive support to
vulnerable families to increase their
access to food facilities
Summary and objectives
To support vulnerable farmer families and femalerun
households affected by the food crisis, through
agricultural based interventions aimed at increasing
access to food facilities in three districts of Herat
province.
Target groups
Vulnerable rural farmer families, women-run households,
children and the unemployed, as well as staff
of the Directorship of Agriculture in Herat province.
Final beneficiaries
13 076 direct and 102 600 indirect benefi ciaries.
Total estimated cost
€ 1 353 649
Grant awarded
€ 1 218 284
Partners
Women Activities & Social Services Association
(WASSA), Agency For Humanitarian And Development
Assistance (AHDAA), Rehabilitation Association And
Agriculture Development (RAADA), Afghanistan.
Increasing food availability and
income stability in northern
Afghanistan
Summary and objectives
To contribute towards mitigation of food insecurity in
the remote areas of northern Afghanistan by increasing
the resilience of the local population towards
price instability through improved agricultural production,
and to strengthen food availability and
accessibility in Balkh province by supporting both
producer and business groups, and by improving
the infrastructure as well as capacity development
of local authorities.
Target groups
Vulnerable families in the targeted areas and the
Provincial Department of Mail, District administrations,
and Community Development Councils.
Final beneficiaries
Families involved in agriculture in 2 targeted districts.
Total estimated cost
€ 1 843 985
Grant awarded
€ 1 751 787
Projects funded by the EU
ActionAid, United Kingdom
mail@actionaid.org
www.actionaid.org
Contract DCI-FOOD/212-793
CARE Nederland, Netherlands
general@carenederland.org
www.carenederland.org
Contract DCI-FOOD/212-872
Christian Aid, United Kingdom
info@christian-aid.org
www.christianaid.org.uk
Contract DCI-FOOD/213-422
Člověk v tísni – People in Need,
Czech Republic
aid@peopleinneed.cz
www.peopleinneed.cz
Contract DCI-FOOD/213-653
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