Capacity Development for Agriculture for Afghanistan and Regional Countries

ABOUT US

The project organizes a series of training with the objective to enhance capacity development about modern agricultural techniques. The target group of the training are government officials and researchers, mainly in Afghanistan.

Period of Implementation

Oct 29, 2015 - Mar 31, 2018

Total Budget

USD 142,700.00

Project team

Bastian Mueller

ICARDA

Bastian Mueller serves as Technical E-Learning – Communica... see more

Charles Kleinermann

ICARDA

Mr. Charles Kleinermann serves as Technical training officer... see more

Vinay Nangia

ICARDA

Dr. Vinay Nangia is a Research Team Leader - Soil, Water, an... see more

Atef Swelam

ICARDA

Dr. Atef Swelam is a senior scientist with expertise in agri... see more

Dr. Ahmed Amri coordinates ICARDA’s Genetic Resources Sect... see more

Wuletaw Tadesse

ICARDA

Dr. Wuletaw Tadesse Degu leads the spring bread wheat breedi... see more

Carol Elvin Kohen

ICARDA

Elvin Carol Kohen is a Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning c... see more

Partners

National Agricultural Research Center Jordan - NARC Jordan

Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute - LARI

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDA

Donors

Japan International Cooperation Agency - JICA

OUR IMPACT

Goals

Agricultural productivity in the dry area countries is improved, especially in Afghanistan. To supply necessary measures for the arrangement and implementation of the training courses.

Objectives

The objective of the course is to enhance capacity development of government officials and researchers who are engaged in agricultural development mainly in Afghanistan. They will gain knowledge and information obout the following topics: Genebank and Germplasm Management, Soil Analysis, Soil Chemistry, Soil Physics, Soil Fertility, Seed Health Testing, Seed processing and Storage, Cereal Crops Breeding, On Farm Water Management, Seed Production, Farm Operation Management and Extension Methods.

Problems and Needs Analysis

Local governements and institutions, in Afghanistan and other countries in the region, require a strong international support, in order to enhance agricultural development by improving modern agricultural techniques.

Intervention Strategy(ies)

Training government officials and researchers.

Impact Pathway

In 2016, the project provided seven trainings courses to goverment officials and researches, mainly form Afghanistan. The trainings contributed to up-to-date knowledge and enhanced capacity in Biodiversity and Integrated Gene management, Integrated Water and Land Management, and Social, Economic and Policy. It increased capacity of local research institutions to improve modern agricultural techniques.

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