A total of 24 technicians from agricultural research stations across Afghanistan gathered together at the Dedadi Research Station in Balkh Province with their FAO colleagues for an intensive 2-day practical field workshop from 16 to 17 April on how to collect and analyze data from field experiments designed to assess the Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability [...]
The Afghanistan Investment Support Agency (AISA) won the World’s second best investment promotion agency award at the World Investment Conference 2008 in Accra, Ghana on April 18 2008.
The award, jointly given by the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), recognized AISA as an investment [...]
A new Perennial Horticulture Centre in Herat now under construction will collect, classify and preserve the 143 varieties of grapes grown in Afghanistan, as well as other fruit trees, applying advanced research techniques to the improvement of breeding varieties. The table grapes from Afghanistan have spread all around the world, either for use directly, or [...]
With the inauguration of 15 uplift projects of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development in the province of Samangan, 1897 families benefited from wide range of facilities provide. Meanwhile work on another major work for food project in Nenegarhar Province started today.
The completed projects in Samangan province include digging and cleaning of 1.4km irrigation [...]
Visual Media, specially TV plays an important role in media landscape. three afghan channel TVs, one state owned and two private channel are also broadcasting in Europe.
Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA), a public institution, has been under pressure by private TV stations in Afghanistan. Since beginning of 2008 RTA also broadcasting in Europe.
Ariana Television Network [...]
With the completion of 55 development projects of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) in Maidawardak, Logar and Badakhshan provinces, 3,682 rural families are provided with wide arrays of various facilities.
49 completed power projects in Chak district of Maidanwardak totaling US$966,000 (AFs48300000) funded by MRRD are implemented through National Solidarity Programme (NSP), which [...]
Works to rehabilitate and complete the Khanabad irrigation system in Kunduz province, the third largest in the country, started this week. The project will supply irrigation water to 500 thousand beneficiaries in the Khanabad area in a more reliable and equitable way, improving agricultural output and livelihoods. It will also reduce environmental damages caused by [...]
1. The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) has received funds in its core development budget through Ministry of Finance and it intends to apply part of it to payments under the contract for expansion of copper cable network in Afghanistan.
2. MCIT now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for construction of 25,000 lines [...]