The opening ceremony of the Afghanistan Balkh Women’s Farm Service Center (BWFSC), facilitated by CNFA and the USAID sponsored Afghan Farm Service Alliance (AFSA) program, was held on Monday, January 16, 2012 at the Mazar-E-Sharif farm service center site. Balkh Women’s Farm Service Center is one of 18 FSCs established across Afghanistan by CNFA and the Afghan Farm Service Alliance, and only the second specifically female orientated agriculture retail outlet in the whole of Afghanistan; the first one having been established in Kabul by CNFA in 2010. Establishing a Farm Service Center in Balkh is critical for improving productivity and profitability of regional farmers, herders and producers; particularly the female farmers of the area by increasing their access to high quality improved seeds, fertilizers, crop protection products, livestock medicines, greenhouses and machinery services. Through the provision of extension services, the Balkh WFSC will educate and train Afghan farmers, primarily focusing upon female farmers, which subsequently will result with the increasing of higher quality yields and harvests that will generate greater profits.
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