Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRT)s and Ag Sector

Restoration: An Interagency Example

LTC Jim RufOffice of Coordinator forReconstruction and Stabilization

Chris SeeleyPrincipal Development SpecialistDAI

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Agenda

– PRT Jalalabad 04 – 05

– Agriculture Restoration

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QalatQalat

Jacobabad

Mazar-E SharifMazar-E Sharif

BaghlanBaghlan

GardezGardez

KonduzKonduz

KandaharKandahar

KabulKabulJalalabadJalalabad

GhazniGhazni

QuettaQuetta

PeshawarPeshawar

Lashkar GahLashkar Gah

FarahFarahSharanaSharana

ChamanChaman

KhowstKhowst

ParwanParwan

MaimanaMaimana

Tarin KowtTarin Kowt

AsadabadAsadabad

BamianBamian

FeyzabadFeyzabad

HeratHerat

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Nangarhar

Twenty Districts

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Laghman

Five Districts

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Six Districts

Nuristan

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AO Construct• Nangarhar Province• Provincial Reconstruction Team• Marine Battalion on Jalalabad Airfield• Marine CO (rein) on PRT• ANA BDE HQ and 1 Kandak • Operational Detachments A & B• Other Gov’t Agencies• IOs / NGOs• UN Asst Mission Afghanistan

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PRT Jalalabad conducts civil-military operations in Nangarhar Province IOT facilitate reconstruction & development, enable the democratically elected Afghan Government, and create the conditions for successful Elections ISO central government.

Mission

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Lines of Operation

         Enable an effective Afghan security

apparatus

        Facilitate and coordinate reconstruction

and development

        Extend the reach of the central

government

        Support the election / post election

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PRT CDR

S2Marines

S1 S3 S4CA

State Dept

MOI Interpreters

Hired Labor

NCOIC

ANA BDE

LNO / ETT

TF Thunder

USMC

Task Organization

THT PTAT

PSYOP

USAID

(2)

S6

EOD

FP MEDICS

TF SABRE IMO

USDA

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PRT CDR

S2Marines

S1 S3 S4CA

State Dept

MOI Interpreters

Hired Labor

NCOIC

ANA BDE

LNO / ETT

TF Thunder

USMC

Task Organization

THT PTAT

PSYOP

USAID

(2)

S6

EOD

FP MEDICS

TF SABRE IMO

USDA

IO/NGO

UNAMAIO/NGO

HN

Foreign Gov’ts

OCF

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Coordination

• Operations

• Project Nomination Board

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Field Implementation

USDA

UNAMA

DAI

PRT

INGOs

Other Donors

MRRD

MAAHF

MoPW

MERW

MoPW

NGOs

Other Ministries

Trade Groups & Processors

Village Shuras

Associations-

Cooperatives

Individual Farmers

Local University

Provincial Government

ALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOODS PROGRAM (ALP/E)

USAIDUSAID

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ALP/E

Program Overview

• Long Term Economic Development Program – 2/05 through 2/09

• Regional in Scope – Provinces of Nangarhar, Laghman and Kunar

• Goals:

– Increase Licit Crop Production and Sales

– Improve Productive Public Infrastructure

– Strengthen Businesses and Supporting Services

– Improve Access to Credit and Finance

– Work with Private and Public Sectors to Improve “Business Environment”

– Continue with Employment Generation Activities

– Enable Women and Disadvantaged to Participate in Licit Economy

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Opportunities and Constraints in the Ag Sector – Eastern Region

Opportunities

Water

2- 3 Growing Cycles

Broad Agro-Ecological Range

Market Position

Relative Stability

Constraints

Water

Productive Infrastructure

Access to Inputs

Business Development Services

Supporting Environment

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PRT’s

• A tried mechanism / structure that allows for IA integration, synchronization and unity of purpose at the “tactical level”

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Questions