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UN distributes seed to over 1 million Afghan farmers

26 January 2022
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2022-01-26 10:05

High-quality certified wheat seeds are being distributed to more than one million farmers across Afghanistan by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to ensure they're able to grow food during the spring.

Last year's harvest was severely hampered by the drought triggered by the La NiƱa weather event and almost 23 million people in Afghanistan are experiencing acute food insecurity due to the combination of drought, COVID-19 and economic collapse. To provide assistance to the most vulnerable, the FAO delivered wheat seeds, cash assistance and animal feed to farmers and herders across Afghanistan, as well as technical training to improve production practices and increase yields, and to raise COVID-19 awareness.

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