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IDEA-NEW Trains Instructors for Inaugural Taraqi Saba Course in the Central Region

IDEA-NEW conducted a training of trainers (ToT) for 20 high school teachers from Parwan, Kapisa and Panjshir provinces. Trainees, all women, will be instructors for the first Taraqi Saba business skills training course in the Central region, which will begin in late May. IDEA-NEW has implemented Taraqi Saba since 2010 and, to date, has trained 783 high school girls throughout Nangarhar, Kunar and Laghman provinces, including 303 students who recently completed the course in late March 2013. Taraqi Saba aims to ... More

IDEA-NEW Supports Women’s Efforts to Revive Home-based Silk Production in Northern

Silkworm rearing started around 2,500 years ago in northern Afghanistan; however, decades of fighting coupled with recurring droughts have nearly destroyed the art of silkworm rearing and silk production in the region. Weavers and other producers of silk ... More

Training Government Extension Workers Leads to Long-term Knowledge Sharing

USAID’s IDEA-NEW project conducted a five-day advanced training on vegetable production for 33 DAIL extension workers—including three females— in Kapisa province. The training took place from April 7–11 and focused on vegetable ... More

Laghman Fruit and Vegetable Wholesalers Association Conducts Election

Members of the Laghman Fruit and Vegetable Wholesalers Association gathered together on April 23, 2013 to elect a new director and deputy director. The election, organized with support from IDEA-NEW, took place in Laghman Department of Agriculture, Irrigation ... More

IDEA-NEW Provides Practical Training Facilities for Agriculture Students at Nangarhar

Due to lack of facilities, students at Nangarhar University’s agriculture faculty have little chance to practice the skills they learn in the classroom. In order to provide a practical training element to its curriculum, the dean of the agriculture ... More