Future harvest consortium to rebuild agriculture in Afghanistan
2003
Agriculture is the largest and most important sector of the economy in Afghanistan, a country of about 22 million people. But war and drought have devastated Afghanistan's food-production capabilities and depleted critical seed stocks, leaving the nation heavily dependent upon food aid from international donors. To rebuild Afghanistan's agriculture, ICARDA took the lead by bringing together research institutes, relief and development organizations, universities, and aid agencies at a meeting in Tashkent in January 2002. The result was the launching of the "Future Harvest Consortium to Rebuild Agriculture in Afghanistan," a multi-million dollar global effort to revive Afghanistan's once-thriving farming sector by harnessing the best of agricultural research and the power of partnerships
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