Communicating Arts - Main Web SiteSarah Chayes' encounter with Chemonics International red tape, alluded to in my previous post, may be addressed by the official USAID web page for the "Alternative Livelihoods Program/Southern region (ALP/S) (http://afghanistan.usaid.gov/en/Activity.19.aspx).
The page primarly lists plans out from 2007:
"In 2007, ALP/S plans to rehabilitate 300 kms of gravel compacted farm-to-market roads; build 40 km of cobblestone roads; complete a 250 km irrigation canal improvement for 65,000 hectares of farmland; rebuild the Lashkar Gah electrical sub-station to improve electrical access for 8,000 families and businesses; establish 14 veterinary field units; establish a commercial feed mill; distribute animal feed to over 20,000 farmers and improved vegetable seeds to over 30,000 farmers; and provide technical training for extension workers, para-vets, and farmer co-ops and associations."
There are in addition two URL's to press releases on "Creating Afghan Pomegranate 'Farm-to-Market' Linkages" and "USAID Distributes Corn and Peanut Seed to Helmand Farmers".
One may wonder how those plans are going.
I think I'll ask.
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USAID, Afghanistan. "Alternative Livelihoods Program/Southern Region (ALP/S)." Web page boosting Chemonics International contract - Provinces Helmand, Kandahar, Uruzgan, Program Alternative Development (Accelerating regional economic growth to provide licit alternatives to poppy production), Dates February 2005 - February 2009: http://afghanistan.usaid.gov/en/Activity.19.aspx
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