The EU in Afghanistan said in a statement that the European Union provided more than €5.7 million in livelihood support to the Dutch Committee for Afghanistan to improve the lives of 350,000 vulnerable Afghan families in 16 provinces.
The EU added that this will improve food security, strengthen community resilience and support rural communities in transitioning from aid dependency towards self-sufficiency.
“We ensure that 350,000 households will be more food secure and less dependent on international aid assistance”, said Raffaella Lodice, the EU Chargée d’Affaires to Afghanistan.
At the same time, some livestock farmers consider droughts and economic problems to be the most important challenges facing them.
“We bought it 5 and 6,000 Afghani and now we sold it for 3,000 Afghani, it is a drought, there is no straw, there is no grass,” said Abdul Shokor, a livestock breeder.
“There is nothing in the plain, and we have nothing to give to the animals. That’s why we bring the animals to the market to sell,” said Ezatullah, a farmer.
Meanwhile, the Afghanistan Chamber of Agriculture and Livestock said that farmers and ranchers in Afghanistan need more help.
“Our farmers can raise livestock well. The same money that the EU has contributed is a good opportunity in the livestock sector, said Merwis Hajizada, deputy of the Afghanistan Chamber of Agriculture and Livestock.
At the same time, the Ministry of the Economic said that 46 foreign organizations have activities in the agriculture sector in the country.
“46 foreign institutions and 73 domestic institutions are active in the agriculture sector, which implemented 544 projects in the field of agriculture and irrigation in the country during the Islamic Emirate period and have provided work for 4,013 people,” said Abdul Latif Nazari, the deputy minister of Economy.
“Security is more secure in the country now than at any other time, in remote areas, and “helping institutions” can help and continue their activities for farmers.
Earlier, the World Food Program said in a report that due to droughts and the invasion of locusts, wheat production will decrease by 30-35% in 2023.
