Building resilience from the field up
ASLO’s Agriculture and Livestock programming integrates agricultural productivity, food security, and climate resilience in an approach tailored to Afghanistan’s predominantly rural and smallholder-farmer context. Working with donors including ECHO/AKF, ECHO/NRC, CAFOD, and UNESCO, ASLO has implemented agricultural rehabilitation and skills development programs — including dairy, poultry, and vocational farming skills — alongside multi-year resilience programming in Nangarhar, Takhar, Maidan Wardak, Herat, and Badghis.
ASLO’s established engagement with the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) and deep community networks in rural provinces provide a strong institutional foundation for scaling climate-smart agricultural programming — from farmers’ field schools and improved seed distribution to irrigation rehabilitation and agribusiness market linkages.
Key activities
- Farmers’ field schools and agricultural skills training for smallholder farmers
- Distribution of improved seeds, tools, and agricultural inputs
- Livestock management training and community animal health worker support
- Promotion of water-efficient irrigation and natural resource management
- Support for greenhouse establishment and income-generating agribusiness
- Market linkage facilitation and agribusiness development for rural producers
- Integration of climate-smart agricultural practices to improve resilience
Implemented projects, 2022–2025
Agricultural rehabilitation and resilience programming across five provinces.
| Project Title | Location | Donor | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dairy, Poultry and Tailoring Skills Development | Nangarhar | UNESCO | 2023 |
| Improving Food Security through Community Agriculture Rehabilitation | Takhar | CAFOD | 2022–2023 |
| Multi-Year Resilience Program (MYRP) incl. agriculture & livelihoods | Maidan Wardak | ECHO / AKF | 2024–2026 |
| Multi-Year Resilience Program (MYRP) incl. agriculture & livelihoods | Herat & Badghis | ECHO / NRC | 2024–2025 |