PHDP | Perennial Horticulture Development Project  

PHDP Germplasm "In-Situ" Collection
Label # :     479
Species :    Apple
Variety :     Nazak Badan
Location :   Panjshir
PHDP Germplasm "In-Situ" Collection
Label # :     482
Species :    Apricot
Variety :     Amiri
Location :   Parwan, Ghorband
PHDP Germplasm "In-Situ" Collection
Label # :     813
Species :    Plum
Variety :     Sorkh
Location :   Kabul, Paghman
PHDP Germplasm "In-Situ" Collection
Label # :     387
Species :    Pomegranate
Variety :     Bum
Location :   Kandahar, Arghandab
PHDP Germplasm "In-Situ" Collection
Label # :     6024
Species :    Grapefruit
Variety :     Marsh
Location :   Nangarhar, Jalalabad
PHDP Germplasm "In-Situ" Collection
Label # :     385
Species :    Pomegranate
Variety :     Sor Zod Ras
Location :   Kandahar, Arghandab
PHDP Germplasm "In-Situ" Collection
Label # :     552
Species :    Fig
Variety :     Tor
Location :   Kandahar, Daman
PHDP Germplasm "In-Situ" Collection
Label # :     6301
Species :    Peach
Variety :     Flower Crest
Location :   Kunar, Asadabad
PHDP Germplasm "In-Situ" Collection
Label # :     715
Species :    Grapes
Variety :     Askari
Location :   Herat, Guzara
PHDP Germplasm "In-Situ" Collection
Label # :     2022
Species :    Pear
Variety :     Kozahi
Location :   Jawzjan, Shiberghan
PHDP Germplasm "In-Situ" Collection
Label # :     551
Species :    Fig
Variety :     Spin
Location :   Kandahar, Daman
PHDP Germplasm "In-Situ" Collection
Label # :     168
Species :    Almond
Variety :     Sattarbai
Location :   Kunduz, Chardara
PHDP Germplasm "In-Situ" Collection
Label # :     868
Species :    Grapes
Variety :     Khurmayi
Location :   Jawzjan, Shabarghan



Funded by European Union
Afghanistan National Collection of Varieties of Fruit and Nuts
Afghanistan National Nursery Growers Organisation
1500 Nursery Producers Committed to Improve Standards of Fruit Trees
965 Accessions labelled in “In-Situ” Germplasm Collection
2086 Nurseries surveyed
22 Nursery Growers’ Associations Established
Committee Started for Distribution and Allocation of Mother Stock Trees in 2009
Six Technical Seminars held in 2008
Eight Coordination Meetings with Nine Implementing Partners
Training of Trainers in Fruit Growing Technology in six PHD Centres
Farmer Training on Almond Pollination
English Language Training for MAIL staff
Two Horticulture Sector Workshops
Study Tour to Bulgaria for 16 MAIL Senior Staff
GPFA Study Tour to Turkey

Strategic support will be given to the creation of farmers’, traders’ and exporters’ organisations and the use of those organisations to help educate their members in all aspects of their businesses.  Most of this private sector development work will be implemented by NGOs supported with funding from the EC Delegation provided under this project, and with coordination and supervision from the project team.  The call for NGO proposals was published on 3 October 2006, with a closing date for proposals of 21 January 2007.  After evaluation the following 9 NGOs have been seletected.

 

Aga Khan Foundation MADERA
Afghan Development Association (ADA) Roots of Peace (RoP)
AfghanAid Solidarites Afghanistan Belgique (SAB)
Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (CHA) Solidarites
Global Partnership for Afghanistan (GPFA)  
  • Fruit tree nursery and citrus virus free nucleus stock net house at Farm e Jadid, Jalalabad
  • Newly planted citrus variety collection at Farm e Jadid, Jalalabad
  • Field Day visitors to citrus nursery, Farm e Jadid, Jalalabad
  • Rootstocks nursery Herat
  • Fruit varieties display at PHDP technical seminar
  • Stone fruit nursery with germplasm accessions in Herat
  • Training room at Perennial Horticulture Centre in Herat
  • Fig variety collection nursery in Kandahar
  • Grape variety collection nursery in Herat
  • Grape variety collection nursery in Kandahar
  • Training for tree planting
  • Training for tree pruning
  • Training for tree pruning
  • Field day at Perennial Horticulture Development Centre Farm e Jadid, Jalalabad
  • Display of range of Afghan fruits at technical seminar
  • Deputy Minister Sharif inspecting fruit variety collection
  • Winter tree pruning training in commercial orchard near Kabul
    
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