Livestock and Agriculture Development Project
The Livestock and Agriculture Development Project is one of the most important developmental projects of the Afghan Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL). The project will be implemented by the Technical Committee of Dutch for Afghanistan in Kabul, Parwan, Logar, Balkh, Baghlan, Herat, Nangarhar, Paktia, Laghman and Khost provinces.
The project aims to achieve various goals, such as providing animal-quality services, creating job opportunities for Kuchi (nomads) women, raising the economic level of nomadic farmers, improving the quality of Kuchi dairy products, creating dairy animal feeds that are available in different seasons of the year, raising the awareness of Kuchi livestock holders in various fields of animal breeding and livelihood in the Kuchi community, and working on developmental approaches to meet the goals set out.
The launch of the domestic anti-pest control campaign for ruminating animals:
Following the provision of veterinarian services on July 25, 2019, a campaign entitled ‘Implementation of Anti-parasitic Medicine’ was officially launched in Hotaki village of Kabul’s Qara Bagh district. During the campaign, 15,000 goats and sheep, which belong to Kuchi families, were treated against domestic parasites.
Information has also been provided to livestock holders about the benefits of implemented medicines and necessary awareness has been given. It is worth mentioning that the campaign will be conducted in Logar, Parwan, Balkh, Baghlan, Herat, Nangarhar, Khost, Paktia and Laghman provinces, and a total of about 200,000 ruminating cattle will be treated against domestic parasites. Some 2,000-3,000 Kuchi families will benefit from these activities.
In addition to the implementation of anti-parasitic medicines, 200 booklets carrying animal health messages were distributed for primary school students of ‘Khomar Khail Hotaki School’ of Qara Bagh.
The aim of distributing these booklets is to deliver livestock keeping messages to Kuchi livestock holders through school students, all of whom belong to the Kuchi families.