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| | Rebuilding Agriculture to Restore Afghanistan's Economy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) |
 | | Twenty-three years of war, and more than three years of drought have destroyed the basis for agriculture in Afghanistan, he added, and the Consortium is providing improved wheat seeds, knowledge to fight animal and plant disease, and help with soil and water conservation and re-establishment of horticultural crops. |
 | | Sharif added, "We have the participation of farmers, who are assisting in distributing seed." |
 | | ICARDA's (www.icarda.org) mission is to improve the welfare of people and alleviate poverty through research and training in dry areas of the developing world by increasing production, productivity, and nutritional quality of food, while preserving and enhancing the natural resource base. |
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