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A critical impediment in the Afghan poultry value chain is the shortage of veterinary supplies and services at the farm level.
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The USAID-funded Capacity Building Activity Project (CBA) has improved payroll data accuracy and enabled the Afghanistan Ministry of Education to more accurately forecast labor costs, reducing budget overestimations by as much as 64 million U.S. dollars annually.
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Azada Paigeer understands the importance of giving someone a helping hand. She is a recipient of a scholarship under the USAID Promote program, which was established to provide training and education opportunities for Afghan women and girls.
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Hadia Naimi is no stranger to hardship. She had always wanted to obtain an international post-graduate education but had to turn down three scholarship offers due to financial constraints. Hadia, who is from Badakhshan province in Afghanistan, was employed on an exciting project with GIZ, the German Development Agency in Afghanistan, when she chose to invest her time and energy in her personal growth. She applied for a USAID-sponsored education scholarship that offered extensive financial support. She was accepted, and Hadia quickly found her feet among new surroundings in India where she is pursuing a master’s degree in business administration at Amity University, New Delhi.
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In rural eastern Afghanistan, home-based agricultural processing is a reliable means for widowed women to support their families. However, these women often operate in the shadow economy with inefficient methods of processing and absent food safety standards and protocols.
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