In the city of Puli Alalam, the administrative center of the Afghan province of Logar, the official opening ceremony of the program “Promoting wheat cultivation for sustainable development in Central Afghanistan” was held. This is reported by the agency Kazinform.
The event was organized with the support of Kazakhstan and international organizations, including the Islamic food security organization (IOPB), the headquarters of the TIİKA, which is located in Astana, the Turkish Agency for Cooperation and Coordination, as well as the Interaction and Meeting Meetings in Asia (SVMD).
The opening ceremony was attended by high-ranking guests, including the temporarily interfered by the Republic of Kazakhstan in Afghanistan, Gaziz Akbasov, Deputy Head of the Turkish Embassy B. Birel, representative of the IOPB E. Yuckekk, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Afghanistan Maulavi S. Azam and Governor of the province of Logar Z. Madani.
A project focused on the sustainable development of agriculture in Central Afghanistan is financed in partnership between IOPB, Ti̇ka, SVMDA, Kazakhstan and Turkey.
During the event, 15 tons of wheat seeds of Lalmi varieties and Amir were transferred to Afghanistan, which were distributed among 300 farmers from the Baraki-Barak, Mohammad-Aga and Pul-i-Alam regions. Humanitarian assistance was also provided in the form of 15 tons of fertilizers and 30 tons of urea to improve the quality of the soil.
The governor of Logar expressed gratitude to Kazakhstan, Turkey, IPB, Svmda and Ti̇ka for the help of the people of Afghanistan. He noted that after the ban on the cultivation of opium, the peasants of the region faced difficulties in finding seeds to grow alternative crops.
“We hope for a further continuation of assistance in the form of the provision of wheat seeds, as well as additional irrigation systems and agricultural equipment for Afghan farmers,” he said.
According to local authorities, Afghanistan is currently in need of wheat, beans, lentils and other agricultural crops to restore agriculture to restore agriculture.