Thanks to the National Horticulture and Livestock Project (NHLP), farmers in Daykundi Province can now earn a better income by using new production methods to grow their horticultural crops.
Aimed at promoting new farming practices, the NHLP began in Daykundi Province in 2014 and currently covers six of the province’s eight districts, and will expand into all by the end of 2017.
The project has helped establish more than 1,400 jeribs -- or 280 hectares -- of new orchards of almonds, apricots, grapes and apples, and helped construct 18 rain water reservoirs to improve irrigation.
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It is autumn in Kharjal village in Daykundi Province in central Afghanistan,
where horticulture is the main source of income.
Ewer Ali supports 12 members of his family off his land.
He has established new orchards with the help of
the National Horticulture and Livestock Project (NHLP)
implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock.
NHLP promotes improved production practices in horticulture
and is supported by the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund.
The project has established more than 1,400 jeribs, or 280 hectares,
of gardens and orchards in Daykundi Province.
It is constructing 18 small reservoirs
to improve irrigation in the province.
NHLP is working with nearly 900 women
in the province to create kitchen gardens.
It holds monthly training sessions
in new horticultural methods for farmers,
helping them to modernize their agricultural practices,
and provide better lives for their families.
