xxii, 83 pages : color maps, color charts ; 28 cm.
Summary: “There is a compelling case for investing in agriculture in Afghanistan. agriculture (excluding opium poppy) accounts for a bout one quarter of national GDP and is the second largest sector after services. More than 80 percent of the population and nearly 90 percent of the poor live in rural areas, and agriculture plays an important role in their livelihoods. About half of all households derive at least part of their income from agriculture, which employs about 40 percent of the national workforce…”—(page ix).
English
Agriculture – Afghanistan. Agriculture – Afghanistan – History. Agriculture – Afghanistan – Bibliography. Community development – Afghanistan. Humanitarian assistance – Afghanistan. Economic development – Afghanistan. Rural development – Afghanistan.
Pamphlet S471. / A3. / I853 2014
Library of Congress Classification / Monograph
3ACKU000532381
“June 2014”. “World Bank ; IBRD*IDA/World Bank Group”—cover page. “Report No: AUS9779”—cover page.