Women sit at the front of their market stalls in a market alley. They are selling fresh produce.
The empowerment components of the programme yielded notable achievements in terms of developing alternative livelihoods and addressing economic and food insecurities within communities.

Support to ex-poppy farmers and vulnerable families in border areas

Duration: March 2007– December 2009
Budget: US$948,200
Implementing Agencies: WFP, FAO, UNODC, UNFPA

The programme’s overriding goal was to protect ex-poppy farming households and poor vulnerable families from losing their livelihoods, improving their food security, and creating the conditions for renewed self-reliance and rehabilitation.

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Programme Summary