Managing Afghanistan’s Rangelands and Forest Resources : An Assessment of Institutional and Technical Capacity Constraints
Afghanistan has been in conflict and internal turmoil since the early 1970s, which has resulted in loss of life, insecurity, ethnic division, and wide-spread damage to the environment and natural resources. As citizens of one of the poorest nations...
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okr-10986-302612021-05-25T09:17:03Z Managing Afghanistan’s Rangelands and Forest Resources : An Assessment of Institutional and Technical Capacity Constraints World Bank INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT STAKEHOLDER INTERESTS CAPACITY BUILDING PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT AGRICULTURE IRRIGATION LIVESTOCK Afghanistan has been in conflict and internal turmoil since the early 1970s, which has resulted in loss of life, insecurity, ethnic division, and wide-spread damage to the environment and natural resources. As citizens of one of the poorest nations in the world with an increasing poverty level that reached 55 percent in 2016-2017, 80 percent of Afghans depend on natural resources for their daily subsistence. Fodder for livestock, fuel wood for heating and cooking, water for agriculture and consumption, medicinal plants and wildlife provide scarce means for survival and limited trade. The government of Afghanistan is giving agriculture and natural resource management utmost priority for development. Current policies link natural resources management to private sector development, justice sector reform (land administration), agriculture development, mineral and resource development, and human capital development programs. This World Bank paper that highlights the importance of the rangelands and forest resources for the country’s sustainable development. The paper explains the status and role of rangelands and forest resources for the country’s mostly rural population. It describes the importance of the sector for boosting agricultural productivity, addressing climate change and weather- related natural disasters, and contributing to rural jobs creation. It further offers some recommendations on how to revitalize the natural resources management sector that is critically important in the context of rural development and Afghanistan’s economy, and is yet often overlooked and broadly neglected. 2018-08-20T19:36:42Z 2018-08-20T19:36:42Z 2018-06 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/751731529935668922/Managing-Afghanistan-s-rangelands-and-forest-resources-an-assessment-of-institutional-and-technical-capacity-constraints http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30261 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Kabul Economic & Sector Work :: Institutional and Governance Review Economic & Sector Work South Asia Afghanistan |
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Afghanistan has been in conflict and
internal turmoil since the early 1970s, which has resulted
in loss of life, insecurity, ethnic division, and
wide-spread damage to the environment and natural resources.
As citizens of one of the poorest nations in the world with
an increasing poverty level that reached 55 percent in
2016-2017, 80 percent of Afghans depend on natural resources
for their daily subsistence. Fodder for livestock, fuel wood
for heating and cooking, water for agriculture and
consumption, medicinal plants and wildlife provide scarce
means for survival and limited trade. The government of
Afghanistan is giving agriculture and natural resource
management utmost priority for development. Current policies
link natural resources management to private sector
development, justice sector reform (land administration),
agriculture development, mineral and resource development,
and human capital development programs. This World Bank
paper that highlights the importance of the rangelands and
forest resources for the country’s sustainable development.
The paper explains the status and role of rangelands and
forest resources for the country’s mostly rural population.
It describes the importance of the sector for boosting
agricultural productivity, addressing climate change and
weather- related natural disasters, and contributing to
rural jobs creation. It further offers some recommendations
on how to revitalize the natural resources management sector
that is critically important in the context of rural
development and Afghanistan’s economy, and is yet often
overlooked and broadly neglected. |
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Managing Afghanistan’s Rangelands and Forest Resources : An Assessment of Institutional and Technical Capacity Constraints |
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Managing Afghanistan’s Rangelands and Forest Resources : An Assessment of Institutional and Technical Capacity Constraints |
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Managing Afghanistan’s Rangelands and Forest Resources : An Assessment of Institutional and Technical Capacity Constraints |
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Managing Afghanistan’s Rangelands and Forest Resources : An Assessment of Institutional and Technical Capacity Constraints |
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Managing Afghanistan’s Rangelands and Forest Resources : An Assessment of Institutional and Technical Capacity Constraints |
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managing afghanistan’s rangelands and forest resources : an assessment of institutional and technical capacity constraints |
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2018 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/751731529935668922/Managing-Afghanistan-s-rangelands-and-forest-resources-an-assessment-of-institutional-and-technical-capacity-constraints http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30261 |
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