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Securing Afghanistan's Future: Accomplishments and the Way Forward
Natural Resources In Recovery

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This paper was originally prepared in March 2004 as draft Technical Annexes to Chapter 3 of a strategy document entitled "Securing Afghanistan's Future: Accomplishments and the Strategic Path Forward." It was prepared with support from ADB, IMF, United Nations Development Programme, World Bank and others, and presented at the international conference on "Afghanistan and the International Community: A Partnership for the Future" on 31 March-1 April 2004 in Berlin.

This paper outlines the current status, accomplishments, and key issues in the natural resources management sector, and presents the Afghanistan Government's sector development programs and investment budgets.

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Contents

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Terms and Abbreviations

Executive Summary

Chapter I. Current Status, Constraints, and Accomplishments

1. Overview
2. Current Status
   
   
   Agriculture and Livestock
   Water Resources and Irrigation
   Land Rightsand Ownership
   Forests and Rangelands
   Environmental Management
   Institutional and Organizational Arrangements
   
   
   
3. Accomplishments
   
   
   Subprogram 1: Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Building
   Subprogram 2: National River Basin Management
   Subprogram 3: Emergency Irrigation Schemes Rehabilitation
   Subprogram 4: National Long-Term Irrigation and Power
   Subprogram 5: Environmental Preservation and Regeneration
   Subprogram 6: Enhanced Performance in Food and Other Cash Crops Subsectors
   Subprogram 7: Enhanced Performance in Livestock Sector
   Subprogram 8: Forest and Rangeland Resource Management
   Subprogram 9: Policy Planning and Systems Development

Chapter II. Key Issues

Chapter III. Strategic Vision, Goals, and Key Priorities

1. Vision, Goals, and Objectives
2. Strategic Approach
3. Key Priorities
   
   
   Policy Reform
   Institutional Reform
   Enabling Environment for Growth
   Natural Resource Use and Management
   Improved Efficiency of Production
   Agricultural Support Services
   Research and Technology Transfer
   Alternative Livelihoods to Poppy Cultivation
   Environmental Management

Chapter IV. Outcome/Service Delivery Indicators and Targets

1. Subprogram Outlines
2. Subprogram Outcomes, Indicators, and Targets
   
   
   Subprogram 1: Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Building
   Subprogram 2: National River Basin Management
   Subprogram 3: Emergency Irrigation Schemes Rehabilitation
   Subprogram 4: National Long-Term Irrigation and Power
   Subprogram 5: Environmental Preservation and Regeneration
   Subprogram 6: Enhanced Performance in Food and Other Cash Crops Subsectors
   Subprogram 7: Enhanced Performance in Livestock Subsector
   Subprogram 8: Forest and Rangeland Resource Management
   Subprogram 9: Policy Planning and Systems Development
   Subprogram 10: Research and Technology Transfer

Chapter V. Costing of Outcome/Service Delivery Targets

Chapter VI. Implementation Strategy, Institutional and Financial Arrangements

Chapter VII. Development Program and Budget

Appendixes