Celebration of 37th World
Food Day
Kabul, 17 October 2017: The Capacity Development and Institutional
Strengthening (CDIS) Output-2 Project of Food and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations (FAO) in coordination with the Ministry of Agriculture,
Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) of Afghanistan jubilantly celebrated the 37th
anniversary of the World Food Day.
The
project established a stall in the MAIL premises where the celebration event
was organized. In the booth, the project team displayed all the knowledge
products produced by the project. At the end of the program, Mr. Naseer Ahmad
Durani, the new Acting Minister of MAIL, along with other beneficiary groups visited
the project booth and discussed about their products. Minister Durani took a
look at the different Irrigation Manuals (technical, procedural and training)
developed by the project team. These manuals are developed in consultation with
Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW), Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and
Development (MRRD) and World Bank. His Excellency the minister motivated the
team to keep up the good work and appreciated FAO in supporting them. He also requested
the project to distribute these manuals to the entire country and share people
to use them for irrigation works. The team explained that both soft and hard
copies of the irrigation manuals can be obtained from the Irrigation Resource
Center located in the 7th floor of Pamir Building, MAIL and that the
project will make necessary efforts to disseminate these knowledge products.
