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

Training Programme for the Perennial Horticulture Development Project

The training programme developed for the project follows the structure of the Logical Framework.  For each component of the project, target groups of trainees were identified and, based on a ‘needs analysis’, a programme was developed for each group.  This can be seen in the overview below

Project training programme, overview by component

Project Component Trainees Subjects Trainers Methods Venue Size Timing
1.  MAIL with established Horticulture Sub-sector Senior staff of the MAIL Appraisal of the Bulgarian Perennial Horticulture industry and investigation of appropriate methods of cultivation and production IAK Agrar Consulting Study tour Bulgaria 16 April / May 2007
  Programme of technical seminars Local / EC experts Seminars and workshops

MAIL Kabul

 45 - 60 Bi-monthly
Staff of the new horticulture department

Level and content will depend upon a ‘needs assessment’ following appointment of staff but will include: policy strategy and planning, data collection and information systems, M&E and technical and training coordination

Local / EC experts and ST local specialist experts and private providers

Small group and ‘one to one’

 MAIL Kabul 4 Schedule to be agreed when the appointments are made
  Publication of ten manuals PHDP senior staff Working group MAIL Kabu 4 Jan–Dec 200
2.  Perennial Horticultural Development Centres  

( formerly Demonstration Orchards) 		Field Horticulturalists and staff of the PHD centres Information and data base management and management and reporting systems Local project experts Seminars Workshops PHD Centres

10 - 30

 		One, two-day workshop at each PHD with subsequent M&E
  Ten ‘Training of trainers courses’ on technical aspects of crop husbandry (pruning, trellising, growing systems, irrigation, fertilisation and crop protection) Local / EC experts Field days Workshops PHD Centres and  Demonstration Orchards

10 – 30

2007 - 2008
  Desk-top publishing and the production of training materials

EC Training expert

Workshops

PHD Centres

10 – 30

0ne, two-day workshop at each PHD

  Specialised technical skills Junior EC experts Small working groups in-field PHD Centres 4-6 Eight subjects on each of eight 3 week inputs

3.  Improved Planting Materials Industry

(formerly Mother Stock Nurseries and Nucleus Nursery		 NGOs TA in the form of a ‘Training of trainers’ programme in subjects relevant to activities of NGO (in relation to proposals made to the EC) and with respect to the needs of nurseries and nursery associations Local / EC experts Field days Workshops Seminars Kabul and PHD centre By NGO Based on needs assessment for each NGO
AKF Viral indexing CAV and  University of Florence 4 months Internship Italy 2 Early - mid 2007
Private nurseries and farmer organisations Technical training on aspects of the fruit tree production chain (budding and grafting etc.) and administrative requirements of codes of practice and product standards NGOs Field days Workshops Seminars In-field at PHD centres and NGO offices By organisation Based on needs assessment for each nursery association
4.  The National Collection of Fruit and Nut Tree Varieties in Afghanistan

(formerly Germplasm Collection		 Local experts Devising a germplasm strategy  for major fruit and nut species of Afghanistan EC  germplasm expert In-house training Country-wide Individual experts N/A
Regional Ministry Staff Implementing a germplasm collection and establishing and MAILntaining both ‘in’ and ‘ex-situ’ collections EC / Local germplasm experts Field day Workshop PHD Centres and demo sites 4 – 8 One of each field day and workshop  before end of 2008
5.  Support to Farmers NGOs TA in the form of a ‘Training of trainers’ programme in subjects relevant to activities of NGO (in relation to proposals made to the EC) and with respect to the needs of farmers and farmers organisations Local / EC experts Field days Workshops Seminars Kabul and PHD centres

By NGO

 Based on needs assessment for each NGO
Farmers organisations Plant material supply, plantation establishment, mechanisation supply and post harvest services (marketing, processing, storage and transportation) NGOs Field days Workshops Seminars In-field at PHD centres and NGO offices By organisation Based on needs assessment for each  farmers organisation

  • 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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