Promoting Agriculture

Development & Sustainable Livelihoods

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April 2012

Mission and Profile• Global Partnership for Afghanistan (GPFA) works with rural Afghans

to create farm businesses that alleviate poverty, build sustainable livelihoods, and renew the environment.

• A nonprofit registered in the US and Afghanistan with Ministry of Economy

• Headquartered in Kabul with two regional and seven field offices in Paktya, Logar, Wardak, Kapisa, Parwan, Paktya, and Khost. GPFA Tree House Training Center is located in Guldara District, Kabul.

• Kabul-based American Executive Director and 100-200 Afghan staff

• Operating exclusively in Afghanistan since 2004

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Improve well-being of Afghan

farm families

Develop Enterprises

BuildInfrastructure

Support Communities

Strengthen Institutions

Four Strategies

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Tree-based Enterprises• Purpose: Develop farm businesses including

orchards, vineyards, nurseries, and woodlots

• Activities: Provide plants, fertilizer, equipment, technical and management training, packaging and marketing assistance

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Develop Enterprises

Orchard Enterprises

8,000 orchard farmers in Kabul, Wardak, Paktya, Paktika, Khost

Technical proficiency with varieties of apple, apricot, almond, walnut, pomegranate

Supplies from GPFA’s motherstock nurseries

Commercial Woodlots

6,000 farmers trained in commercial poplar woodlot production

600 entirely new woodlot enterprises

Farm-to-Market Initiatives • Purpose: Improve marketability, increase

market access and enhance return on investment

• Activities: Construction of cold stores; training on packaging, storing, marketing, and protected agriculture to extend the growing season

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Cold Store Construction and Quality Control Inspections

50 cold stores constructed requiring no electricity

Cold stores have doubled orchard farmers’ incomes during the offseason

Trained MAIL officials on providing quality control inspections

Partnered with CDC, MAIL, USAID, Cornell, EC, ADT

Income-Generating Alternatives• Purpose: Raise family income through

development of micro-enterprises

• Activities: Provide business inputs and training for vegetable and strawberry gardens, solar food dryers, poultry-raising, and bee-keeping

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Women’s IGAs

8,800 women entrepreneurs trained and provided business inputs

GPFA provides technical, management and marketing training

In Kabul, Logar, Wardak, Parwan, Panjsher, Kapisa, Paktya, Paktika, Khost

Partnered with Ketcham Foundation, Raqim Foundation, DAI, USAID, EC, World Bank, MAIL, DOWA, ADT, US Department of State

Irrigation Options • Purpose: Improve water use efficiency to increase

farm productivity, expand arable land, and decrease conflicts based on water shortages

• Activities: Introduce and construct solar-powered and bucket drip irrigation; repair existing canal and karez systems

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Canal and Karez Cleaning

Repaired karez and canals with improved water flow in Wardak, Logar, Kabul.

Off-season employment for farmers in winter to improve income

Community management training for sustainability

Partnered with ADT, DAI, USAID

Watershed Rehabilitation• Purpose: Reduce erosion of fertile topsoil,

increasing water infiltration into land, controlling and reducing flooding, directing water flow for benefit of farmers

• Activities: Construction of check dams, gabion baskets, rip bank armoring; terracing and planting

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Hillside planting, terracing, dam construction

GPFA provides engineering and forestry expertise, training for local community, cash for work opportunities

Farmers employed and trained on land clearance and construction of dams / terraces

Community training on natural resource management

$1.2mn initiative started in 2012 in Sayed Abad, Wardak

Appropriate Technology • Purpose: Implement technologies for

agriculture and infrastructure support

• Activities: Installation of solar pumps and panels (with diesel backup), construction of food preservation units that need no electricity

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Solar Power

Use of solar panels and diesel backup for electricity at Mohammad Agha District Center, solar pumps for irrigation at Albironi University, MADC, Kutchi Township, and even solar food dryers

Partnered with Mohammad Agha District government, Albironi University, Janat Khan Secondary School in Kutchi Township

Off-grid power systems provide steady supply of electricity

Membership / Producer Associations• Purpose: Create and support associations that

manage natural resources, supply inputs, increase market opportunities, and maximize profits for farmers

• Activities: Training on organization and management, support legal registration process, business advisory and marketing services

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Women’s Associations

GPFA mobilizes membership, conducts training to support the development of enterprises, assists with legal registration, and facilitates relationships with local government .Nursery Growers Associations

Nursery Growers Associations in Logar, Paktika, and Paktya were formed and legally registered. Today, they conduct business throughout the region and are members of the National Nursery Growers’ Organization (ANNGO).

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Institutional Capacity Building• Purpose: Strengthen universities, local

government, ministry officials and community councils to support and improve service provision.

• Activities: Training of officials and farmers, construction of farm demonstration sites, renovation of grounds, agriculture curriculum development.

Institutional Partners

MAIL / DAIL

DOWA

Albironi University

Kabul University

Paktya University

Mohammad Agha District Center

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Skills Development• Purpose: Provide practical education

and training

• Activities: Pilot projects, classroom training, practical field training, workshops, seminars, and conferences

Training

Over 30,000 training sessions in 2011 alone

Over 14,000 extension visits to the field in 2011

GPFA’s Tree House Training Center, a hub for demonstration and practical learning, drawing farmers, students, and govt. officials from Kabul, Logar, Wardak, Paktya, Paktika, Khost, Kandahar, Kapisa, Parwan, Panjsher

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Results: 2004-2011Since 2003, GPFA has spent a total of $14M to

achieve:

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Government and Multi-Lateral Agency-Funded Projects

Donor /Partner Programs Provinces Amount

USAIDSub: Cornell/ CIIFADSub: Roots of Peace

Sub: DAI

Community-based natural resource management, orchards and orchard development, watershed development

Kabul, Wardak, Logar, Paktya, Panjshir, Kapisa, Parwan

$5,200,000

CERP Canal/karez cleaning, cold stores, forestry and private woodlots, women’s business development, orchards, strawberries and vegetables, farm demonstration, agro-forestry farms, school planting

Panjshir, Logar, Wardak,Kapisa, Paktya, Paktika,Parwan

$4, 700,000

European UnionDirect:PHDP

Sub: MercyCorpsSub: Madera

Modernize and revitalize fruit tree nurseries and orchard enterprises, develop private nursery enterprises, establish nursery growers’ associations according to national standards

Wardak, Logar, Paktya, Helmand, Kabul

$1,800,000

World Bank/HLPMAIL

Provide high quality indigenous fruit and nut varieties, train farmers and supervise tree management operations

Kabul, Wardak, Logar, Paktya, Panjshir, Kapisa, Parwan, Samangan, Baghlan, Kunduz, Balk, Jawzjan, Saripul

$950,000

US Dept of State Women’s enterprise development and training, Mohammad Agha District Center development

Logar $720,000

GTZ Establish privately-owned poplar woodlots, willow farms and forestry nurseries

Paktya $600,000

Revenue Growth

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 20110

500,000

1,000,000

1,500,000

2,000,000

2,500,000

3,000,000

3,500,000

4,000,000

4,500,000

5,000,000

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Contact UsRoger HardisterExecutive DirectorGlobal Partnership for AfghanistanWazir Akbar KhanStreet 13 (Line 2/Left)Kabul, AfghanistanTel: 93 (0) 798288621 US Tel: 917.751.8902Email: rhardister@gpfa.orgWeb: www.gpfa.org

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Restoring Land and Livelihoods

Dana H. FreyerChair, Board of DirectorsGlobal Partnership for AfghanistanU.S. Office Address:1460 BroadwayNew York, NY 10036U.S. Mailing Address:P.O. Box 1237New York, NY 10276-1237Tel: 212.735.2506Email: danafreyer@gmail.com