With a grant of 2 million from New Zealand, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will be able to support 95,000 farmers in Nangarhar, Kunduz, Parwan, and Maidan Wardak provinces.
Donations include improved wheat seeds and cash.
The information came in a statement issued by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) yesterday.
At this critical time, we welcome New Zealand’s first aid program in the framework of the Emergency Relief Program for Afghans, “said Richard Trenchard, FAO’s Afghanistan director.
Mr. Trenchard said farmers would be able to get good quality seed with New Zealand’s help and harvest more this year.
According to a statement from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), New Zealand’s assistance will provide 49 157 million worth of improved wheat to about 49,000 farmers, who are expected to have a good harvest even on difficult lands.
The remaining 40,000 will be paid 100 100 to work on small and important rural agricultural projects.
New Zealand has stepped in to help poor Afghan farmers at a time when drought has burned crops in most parts of Afghanistan in recent years and left farmers with nothing to eat at the end of the year. The United Nations has predicted that unless emergency aid is provided to Afghanistan’s poorest people, there could be a humanitarian crisis in the country.
