{"id":25765,"date":"2026-11-10T09:15:16","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T09:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/11\/10\/taliban-un-supported-seed-fertilizer-distribution-baghlan\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T09:15:16","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T09:15:16","slug":"taliban-un-supported-seed-fertilizer-distribution-baghlan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/11\/10\/taliban-un-supported-seed-fertilizer-distribution-baghlan\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban Administration Begins Distribution of Improved Seeds and Fertilizers in Baghlan with UN Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock in Baghlan province, with financial support from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and in cooperation with an NGO, has started distributing improved wheat seeds and chemical fertilizers to six thousand farmers.<\/p>\n<p>This distribution is taking place free of charge for one thousand five hundred farmers in the districts of Tala wa Barfak, Dih Salah, and Guzargah-e-Nur. However, in Pul-e-Khumri, central Baghlan, and the Burka district, farmers are required to pay 800 Afghanis per package.<\/p>\n<p>The stated goal of this program is to support farmers, increase agricultural production, and promote the use of improved seeds. Nevertheless, the difficult economic situation of farmers and the financial pressure caused by payment requirements may limit the positive impact of this initiative.<\/p>\n<p>This program is being implemented while Afghanistan\u2019s agriculture sector faces serious challenges, including a lack of facilities and insufficient support. The role of the Taliban administration in providing sustainable conditions for farmers remains unclear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taliban and UN-backed program distributes improved seeds and fertilizers to Baghlan farmers amid economic challenges and limited agricultural support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-important-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}