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Regional Member Country
All provinces except the provinces of Kandahar, Helmand, Nimroz, Farah, and Herat
Nowshāk : 7,482 m
Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock
Birendra Bajracharya
Country Focal Person Programme Coordinator - SERVIR
Founding member government
Afghanistan contributes core support to ICIMOD, with the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) as the designated nodal agency
The incumbent Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock MAIL formally represents in the ICIMOD Board of Governors. Afghanistan and ICIMOD have been working in the area of capacity building, institutional strengthening, internships, research and demonstration, and regional and international workshops and conferences, among other activities.
ICIMOD’s partner institutions in Afghanistan include government agencies, development agencies, academic and research institutions, universities, NGOs and private sector. The Afghanistan Country Office opened in February 2007 at the request of the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock and, in June 2011, was accorded semi-diplomatic status by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Read about ICIMOD in Dari and Pashto languages
Regional Programmes engaged in Afghanistan
Our Regional Programmes build on ICIMOD's deep history of engagement and are formulated to deliver strategic results, to promote transboundary cooperation, to meet capacity building needs in the region, and to support long-term testing, piloting, and monitoring of innovative approaches.
Communities across the HKH are adapting to climate change impacts and are building their resilience to environmental and socio-economic shocks.
Conservation and the sustainable use of natural resources cannot be effectively achieved without considering landscapes defined by ecosystems.
Water is an essential element for life on our planet and its flows are connected upstream and downstream and across geographies.
SUCCESS STORIES
The problems facing the people and mountains of the HKH aren’t just solved with brilliant theories. They are solved by having a hands-on understanding of the challenges of the region, and a truly holistic approach that places as much emphasis on implementation as it does on understanding.
Events around the HKH
