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USDA SUPPORTS AKF PROJECTS IN NORTHERN AFGHANISTAN - 2003-11-11

Posted July 10th, 2007 by heritage
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Tuesday, 2003, November 11
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In her meeting with President Hamid Karzai, Secretary Veneman talked about USDA's many efforts and programs, especially school feeding for Afghan children. USDA is now in its second year of supporting an Aga Khan Foundation project in the north of Afghanistan. A donation of $9 million in U.S. powdered milk is being used in the region, in part, to provide milk to more than 20,000 children.

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H.H. Prince Karim Aga Khan IV
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Veneman Reaffirms USDA's Commitment to Relief And Reconstruction of Afghanistan - USDA SUPPORTS AKF PROJECTS IN NORTHERN AFGHANISTAN - 2003-11-11

Posted July 9th, 2009 by heritage
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biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031111/dctu021_1.html

Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman, in a historic visit to Afghanistan, today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture intends to donate $5 million of U.S. agricultural commodities under the Food for Progress Program. Veneman also announced the first Cochran Fellowship Program with Afghanistan to provide short-term, U.S.- based training for eight Afghan women to study agricultural finance.

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USDA to Donate $5 Mil. in Ag Products to Afghanistan - USDA SUPPORTS AKF PROJECTS IN NORTHERN AFGHANISTAN - 2003-11-11

Posted July 9th, 2009 by heritage
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Source: 
www.agweb.com

Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman, in a historic visit to Afghanistan, today announced that USDA intends to donate $5 million of U.S. agricultural commodities under the Food for Progress Program. Veneman also announced the first Cochran Fellowship Program with Afghanistan to provide short-term, U.S.-based training for eight Afghan women to study agricultural finance.

Veneman Reaffirms USDA's Commitment to Relief And Reconstruction of Afghanistan - USDA SUPPORTS AKF PROJECTS IN NORTHERN AFGHANISTAN - 2003-11-11

Posted July 9th, 2009 by heritage
in
Source: 
biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031111/dctu021_1.html

Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman, in a historic visit to Afghanistan, today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture intends to donate $5 million of U.S. agricultural commodities under the Food for Progress Program. Veneman also announced the first Cochran Fellowship Program with Afghanistan to provide short-term, U.S.- based training for eight Afghan women to study agricultural finance.

Pamir Energy, a project company of the Geneva-based Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development wins Ashden Award

Posted June 13th, 2017 by librarian-hd
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The tough landscape of Tajikistan and northern Afghanistan has limited energy development in the region.
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pv-magazine.com

The 2017 International Ashden Award for Increasing Energy Access will be handed out to Pamir Energy, the first public-private partnership in Tajikistan, for restoring 11 small hydro power plants and upgrading 4,300 km of old transmission and distribution facilities in eastern Tajikistan.

As a result, some 200,000 locals, i.e. 96% of households, are now supplied with 24-hour clean energy, while their average household energy cost are cut from around $98 to $15 per calendar month.

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