FHCRAA

The Future Harvest Consortium to Rebuild Agriculture in Afghanistan (FHCRAA) is a consortium of aid organizations working to restructure agriculture in the central Asian nation. In the beginning of January 2002, ICARDA, with the support of USAID, brought together 34 organizations including CGIAR centers and other research institutes, relief and development organizations, NGOs, U.S. universities, donor agencies and the Afghanistan Ministry of Agriculture at a meeting in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. FHCRAA was the result.

The first stage was to identify areas, aid recipients and donor agency capabilities. The most important parters were USAID, CGIAR, ICARDA [International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas] and ICRIST (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics). CGIAR is a strategic alliance of countries, international and regional organizations, and private foundations supporting 15 international agricultural centers that work with national agricultural programs and civil society organizations including the private sector.