IMPACT OF FARMER FIELD SCHOOL TRAINING ON LIVESTOCK FARMERS IN KABUL, AFGHANISTAN

The farming systems in the study area were diverse. Rice and vegetables in the lowlands and upland rice and perennial crops (rubber, fruits and agro-forestry) in the mountainous areas have been widely promoted. Higher cropping index and increasing households' gross income were evidence in the project villages compared to non-project villages. Mostly rice was combined with duck or fish in lowlands and perennial crops combined with maize or upland crops was introduced to uplands in the project supported areas. In the non-project areas, lowlands occupied by lowland rice, and uplands by either rubber or upland rice and some extents of maize. There was no difference in livestock types and systems between the two areas.