Afghanistan forage initiative knowledge focussed event

22 participants from including staff from Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL), private seed company, Directorate of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (DAIL) in Baghlan, Directorate of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (DAIL) in Nangarhar and Private farmer attendee training course on: Forage production, water harvesting techniques, integrated alley cropping and conservation agriculture, cactus crop requirements, forages in annual cropping systems and evaluation, and nutritional aspects of forage in addition to varietal introduction and release processes. The training took place in Amman and Cairo during the period of April 29 – May 6, 2017. Trainers from ICARDA Amman, Royal Tropical Institute (Amsterdam), University of Oregon (USA), ICARDA/ Egypt and ICARDA/ Lebanon shred their information and experiences with the participants.