|
RALF
Projects
|
| Implementing
Agencies (lead in bold) 1st round projects (2004-2006 |
Short
Title |
Location |
Focus |
| Washington State
University; Danish Committee for Aid to Afghan Refugees;
(DACAAR); Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
(MAAH) |
Village decision
driven research project |
Laghman |
Village organizations,
livelihood analysis and identify alternatives, marketing |
| Relief
International; World Vegetable Centre; Nangarhar
University; International Development Enterprises |
Introduction,
Evaluation and Promotion of Appropriate Crop Legumes
and Vegetables for Eastern Afghanistan (CLVEA) |
Nangarhar |
Legumes
(soybean, mung bean) and vegetables; market analysis;
market promotion |
| Mercy Corps
Afghanistan; Centre for Arid Zone Studies; MAAH
(Helmand and Kandahar Provinces) |
Restorative agriculture
and rural economy research project |
Helmand and Kandahar |
Specialty crops;
testing methods of intensified production; agro-processing
enterprises; feasibility study of organic export market |
| Natural
Resources Institute, UK; Aga Khan Foundation |
Innovative
financial mechanisms for improving the livelihoods of
rural Afghans currently economically dependent on opium
poppy |
Badakhshan |
Micro/small
enterprise development; financial mechanisms; micro-finance/credit |
| Macaulay Research
Consultancy Services Ltd., UK; Mercy Corps; MAAH;
ICARDA |
Marketing of livestock
and livestock products: Market demand, potential returns
to producers and constraints to market access. |
Kunduz, Takhar,
Daikundi, Kandahar, Helmand provinces |
Investigation of
marketing chains for livestock and livestock products;
quantifying trade; identifying market opportunities |
| ICARDA;
Aga Khan Foundation; MAAH; Macaulay Research |
Improved
rural incomes from better forage production and sales
of milk products |
Baghlan |
Increasing
livestock productivity; forage and milk production;
milk processing; marketing |
| Catholic Relief
Services (CRS), Afghanistan; ICRISAT |
Western Afghanistan
agroenterprise action research program |
Ghor |
Development of
market linkages and agro-enterprises: high-value crop
production and small-scale value-adding activities |
| 2nd
round projects (2005-2006) DACCAR; Washington State
University; MAAH |
Research
in sustainable production and successful marketing of
saffron as an alternative to opium poppy cultivation |
Pashtun,
Zarghun District, Herat |
Production,
processing and marketing of saffron; growers associations |
| Joint Development
Associates International (JDA), Afghanistan; CIMMYT;
Cornell University; Aga Khan Foundation/Balkh Credit
Union; (BCU)/World Council of Credit Unions, Inc. (WCCU) |
Increased productivity
and profitability of wheat-based cropping system to
reduce reliance on poppy in Northern Afghanistan |
Balkh, Baghlan,
Badkhshan |
Improving wheat-based
system through introduction of high value crops (e.g.
oilseeds) and conservation tillage; development of market
pathways and business plans for new crops and value
added products |
| Novib-Oxfam,
Netherlands; NGOs (AKF, CHA, Swisspeace)- Afghanistan;
University of Kabul/ MAAH-Dept. of Forestry/Anadolu
University-Turkey |
Multi
stakeholder program on natural ingredients for food,
pharmaceuticals and cosmetics in Afghanistan |
Khost,
Patika, Badakshan, Baghlan, Bamyan, Herat, Ghor, Mazar,
Farah and Faryab |
Promoting
employment and income opportunities through "value
chain analysis" of six natural ingredients; processing
technologies; analysis of international quality standards |
| ICARDA;
Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP),
India; MAAH |
Cultivation of
mint as a viable alternative livelihood in East and
North East of Afghanistan |
Baghlan, Helmand,
Kunduz, Nangarhar and Takhar provinces |
Increased production
of spearmint for culinary and medicinal uses; introducing
new varieties of peppermint for value-added products;
market analysis |
