Project Title: Minimizing impacts of drought and COVID-19 on livestock herders and smallholder farmers by protecting agriculture livelihoods of vulnerable food-insecure households in Afghanistan
Project Location: Balkhab and Sozma Qala district
Project Duration: May 15, 2021 till October 14, 2021
Project Objective:
To provide season-critical support for vulnerable smallholder farming families by assisting wheat cultivation package.
Project Outputs: 1800 vulnerable smallholder farming households received emergency wheat cultivation package and technical trainings;
Project Beneficiaries:
- 1800 Vulnerable smallholder farming HHs (1000 HHs in Balkhab and 800 HHs in Sozma Qala district)
Project Assistance: Each beneficiary receives the following assistance:
- 50kg certified wheat seeds, 50kg DAP and 50kg Urea
- Technical training about Agri- farming techniques and Covid-19
Project Donor: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation (UN-FAO)