Reporting Agriculture for the 21st CenturyThe New Agriculturist

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In pictures: Planting for profit in Afghanistan

A new dawn
A new dawn Ears to a good harvest Bundles of joy Stacks of sacks The need for seed Taking stock Sending the super seed Better seed, brighter future
A new dawn
A farmer walks to his plot in the Bamiyan district of Afghanistan. After decades of conflict, agriculture in the Central Asian country is improving year-on-year, helped by a long-term wheat improvement and seed production programme led by FAO and implemented by CIMMYT. The project aims to ensure the supply of quality seed to the country's long-suffering farmers.
picture credit: FAO/Giulio Napolitano
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September 2008
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