Afghanistan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) organised a two days Agricultural Fair (AgriFair) in newly restored national Olympic committee football field in Faizabad on October 29-30, 2007 with a financial support of United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The aim of this fair was to bring innovative farmers and people from both the department of agriculture and national and international NGOs from different parts of the province to ring together at one platform and to increase the interaction between them
Mission East also took part in the exhibition and setup a stall in order to showcase its products and provide valuable information to the visitors. The displayed products included dry fruits, freshly prepared fruit jams, honey, pickles, fresh fruits and some samples of wheat & vegetable seeds.
Information about Mission East’s agricultural activities was also presented through various photographs before the viewers. Pictures about irrigation canal construction, beekeeping, kitchen gardening & food processing were also displayed and people were told about the steps taken by Mission East to create awareness in the communities (especially women) for adopting sustainable and modern use of agriculture technologies to improve their livelihood.
Mission East also took part in the exhibition and setup a stall in order to showcase its products and provide valuable information to the visitors. The displayed products included dry fruits, freshly prepared fruit jams, honey, pickles, fresh fruits and some samples of wheat & vegetable seeds.
Information about Mission East’s agricultural activities was also presented through various photographs before the viewers. Pictures about irrigation canal construction, beekeeping, kitchen gardening & food processing were also displayed and people were told about the steps taken by Mission East to create awareness in the communities (especially women) for adopting sustainable and modern use of agriculture technologies to improve their livelihood.
Display of vegetables produced through the seed distribution
Display of vegetables produced through the seed distribution
filename: Vegetable seeds sample |
Mission East is a Danish international relief and development organisation, working in Eastern Europe and Asia. Our aim is to deliver relief aid, to create and support long-term development projects and to empower local aid organisations to carry on the work independently. Making no racial, religious or political distinction between those in need, we aim to assist the most vulnerable. |