Post on 27-Dec-2015
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