{"id":30777,"date":"2026-09-13T10:08:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T10:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/?p=30777"},"modified":"2026-09-13T10:08:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T10:08:25","slug":"eu-and-fao-launch-e5-million-initiative-to-help-afghan-farmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2026\/09\/eu-and-fao-launch-e5-million-initiative-to-help-afghan-farmers\/","title":{"rendered":"EU and FAO launch \u20ac5 million initiative to help Afghan farmers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The European Union (EU) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Afghanistan have launched a \u20ac5 million initiative to help Afghan farmers and agribusinesses.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a post on X on Sunday (September 13), the FAO said the initiative aims to drive innovation, create jobs in rural areas, and build agricultural value chains that are more resilient to climate change.<\/p>\n<p>The agency said the initiative would support vulnerable households, including returnees, their host communities, and internally displaced people, particularly women and youth, in districts facing food insecurity, climate-related risks, and limited economic opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>The report said that four service centers would be established under the initiative to help farmers and rural entrepreneurs gain access to markets, agricultural advice, specialized services, and agricultural businesses.<\/p>\n<p>The FAO also said that 2,000 hectares of degraded forests and rangelands would be restored and that 250 women- and community-led nurseries would receive support through the initiative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Union (EU) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Afghanistan have launched a \u20ac5 million initiative to help Afghan farmers and agribusinesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":30778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[990,9,984,6],"tags":[279,1107,1775,2196],"class_list":["post-30777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-soceity","category-news","category-afghanistan","tag-eu","tag-fao","tag-initiative","tag-afghan-farmers"],"views":10,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30777"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30779,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30777\/revisions\/30779"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}