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IDEA-NEW trains 200 vulnerable women in job and literacy skills

Tuesday, 15 December 2009 11:05 PM

IDEA-NEW started a six-month long embroidery and literacy training for 200 poor, food-insecure women in Hishar Shahi Camp, which lies on the Jalalabad-Torkham Highway in Rodat District of Nangarhar.IDEA-NEW is collaborating with the UN’s World Food ... More

Fruit and Nut Nurseries Bring Growth to Badakhshan

Thursday, 10 December 2009 10:45 PM

IDEA-NEW through Mercy Corps is implementing a fruit and nut sapling nursery project in Baharak, Yaftal and Faizabad districts of Badakhshan province. Through this project, 32 farmers will receive inputs and technical training on nursery establishment and ... More

A De-worming Campaign in Faryab Province Ensures Higher Livestock Productivity

Saturday, 05 December 2009 10:38 PM

In close collaboration with Dutch Committee for Afghanistan, other US government programs and Provincial Department of Agriculture, USAID’s IDEA-NEW conducted a month-long livestock de-worming campaign benefiting 25,000 farming families in 14 districts of ... More

Training Program on Seedling Production Benefits 240 Private Nurseries

Wednesday, 25 November 2009 11:48 PM

IDEA-NEW launched a weeklong training on seedling production for fruit tree nurseries across the eastern region. A total of 240 private nursery operators from Nangarhar, Kunar and Laghman were trained on modern techniques in seedling production. Most ... More

IDEA-NEW project Revitalizes Beekeeping Subsector in Khost District of Baghlan

Friday, 20 November 2009 11:45 PM

IDEA-NEW is providing assistance to a beekeeping cooperative in Khost district of Baghlan province to repopulate their beehives, help them learn new beekeeping and honey production techniques, and develop market linkages. The cooperative is composed of 16 ... More