CommunityEditor
02-14-2009, 07:09 PM
About 65 soldiers from the Tennessee National Guard will deploy in late February to Afghanistan as part of an agribusiness development team.
The soldiers, who are training at Camp Atterbury, Ind., before going overseas, will use their expertise to work with Afghan farmers and organizations in areas such as agronomy; fruit, vegetable and livestock production; civil engineering; water management and beekeeping.
The goal is to revitalize agriculture in Afghanistan. The team from Tennessee will be based in Paktia province, an eastern Afghan province that borders Pakistan.
Article: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/02/army_agtraining_021409w/
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh23/aliceamm/Military%20Times/021409at_afghan_farm_400.jpg
Emilio Morenatti / The Associated Press
Afghan farmer Abdullah Amiri, 46, works in January 2005 in his
wheat crop in a field that previously grew opium poppy in the
district of Surkh Rod near to Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 80 miles
east of Kabul. Soldiers from the Tennessee National Guard will
deploy in late February to Afghanistan and work with Afghan
farmers and organizations in areas such as agronomy; fruit,
vegetable and livestock production; civil engineering; water
management and beekeeping.
The soldiers, who are training at Camp Atterbury, Ind., before going overseas, will use their expertise to work with Afghan farmers and organizations in areas such as agronomy; fruit, vegetable and livestock production; civil engineering; water management and beekeeping.
The goal is to revitalize agriculture in Afghanistan. The team from Tennessee will be based in Paktia province, an eastern Afghan province that borders Pakistan.
Article: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/02/army_agtraining_021409w/
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh23/aliceamm/Military%20Times/021409at_afghan_farm_400.jpg
Emilio Morenatti / The Associated Press
Afghan farmer Abdullah Amiri, 46, works in January 2005 in his
wheat crop in a field that previously grew opium poppy in the
district of Surkh Rod near to Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 80 miles
east of Kabul. Soldiers from the Tennessee National Guard will
deploy in late February to Afghanistan and work with Afghan
farmers and organizations in areas such as agronomy; fruit,
vegetable and livestock production; civil engineering; water
management and beekeeping.