This article present a case study of Afghanistan’s climate for agriculture along with abundant water resources. Agriculture and farming in Afghanistan is still traditional and need modernization and mechanization. The farmers are still using animal power like; oxen, donkey, horse, and buffalo for ploughing, land preparation, and cultivation, especially in remote areas and some poor & small land-holders even use shovel & simple tools. Only small number of farmers, especially rich farmers they have tractors, thrashers & other small & simple farming machineries, while the majority farmers of Afghanistan are still using the old farming system and they produce small quantity of agriculture products mainly wheat, corn, rice & some vegetable , which could be sufficient for their family consumption only for 3-6 months, while for the rest of the time they used to buy flour & other required food commodities from local markets or from neighbouring farmers.
This article present a case study of Afghanistan’s climate for agriculture along with abundant water resources. Agriculture and farming in Afghanistan is still traditional and need modernization and mechanization. The farmers are still using animal power like; oxen, donkey, horse, and buffalo for ploughing, land preparation, and cultivation, especially in remote areas and some poor & small land-holders even use shovel & simple tools. Only small number of farmers, especially rich farmers they have tractors, thrashers & other small & simple farming machineries, while the majority farmers of Afghanistan are still using the old farming system and they produce small quantity of agriculture products mainly wheat, corn, rice & some vegetable , which could be sufficient for their family consumption only for 3-6 months, while for the rest of the time they used to buy flour & other required food commodities from local markets or from neighbouring farmers.
| № | Author name | position | Name of organisation |
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| 1 | Abdul Jabar A.J. | Second year economy master student | Termez State University |
| № | Name of reference |
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| 1 | 1. Database of NHLP, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Project 2021 |
| 2 | 2. World Bank, Technical Annex for the Emergency Horticulture and Livestock Project, May 2006 |
| 3 | 3. According to UN Comtrade. See World Bank, “Understanding Gender in Agricultural Value Chains: the Cases of Grapes/Raisins, Almonds, and Saffron in Afghanistan”, June 2011 |
| 4 | 4. Abdul Samad Nazari – Regional Coordinator of NHLP MAIL 2020 (Focus on different agricultural sectors in Afghanistan) |
| 5 | 5. Dr. Hamed Parsa, Lecturer in Balkh University – Microbiology |
| 6 | 6. According to UN Comtrade. See World Bank, “Understanding Gender in Agricultural Value Chains: the Cases of Grapes/Raisins, Almonds, and Saffron in Afghanistan”, June 2011 |
| 7 | 7. Central Statistics Office.http://cso.gov.af/Content/files/12-4.pdf Accessed in December 2011. |
| 8 | 8. Central Asia One Health Project, National Economic Impact Report, Tajikistan, September 2011 |
| 9 | 9. The four pillars are: (i) Natural Resource Management; (ii) Agriculture Production and Productivity; (iii) Economic Regeneration; and (iv) Program Support and Change Management. |
| 10 | 10. HLP,with a total cost of US$ 70.7 million, is co-financed by IDA (US$ 21.4 million) and the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) (US$ 49.3 million). |