The Stabilization Dilemma

By 2010, more than 37,500 southern Afghan farmers had benefited from the Food Zone alternative livelihoods scheme, along with a further 50,000 farmers reached under the U.S. -funded AVIPA (Afghanistan Vouchers for Increased Productive Agriculture) seed and extension project.3 While the livelihood pr...

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Published in:Prism (Washington, D.C.) D.C.), 2012-09, Vol.3 (4), p.77
Main Author: Mills, Greg
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture
Economic growth
Food
Informal economy
Local elections
Peace
Politics
Prosperity
Rural areas
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Summary:By 2010, more than 37,500 southern Afghan farmers had benefited from the Food Zone alternative livelihoods scheme, along with a further 50,000 farmers reached under the U.S. -funded AVIPA (Afghanistan Vouchers for Increased Productive Agriculture) seed and extension project.3 While the livelihood programs such as Food Zone and AVIPA offered a carrot of institutionalized governance to the rural areas - bringing Kabul into contact with rural people often for the first time - they were missing the development aspects of postharvest handling, beneficiation, marketing, and sales so crucial to establishing a value chain. [...]much of the economic growth to be generated in the short term is through the informal sector, though the challenge overall is growing this in a manner so it can be regulated and taxed.
ISSN:2157-0663
2157-0671