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DFID's Livelihoods programme, worth nearly £150 million from 2006-09, helps support the Government of Afghanistan's National Priority Programmes aimed at developing alternative legal livelihood opportunities. These programmes address the multiple constraints that prevent farmers from moving away from poppy cultivation, including access to credit, markets and productive infrastructure. DFID receives regular progress reports from each of the programmes it funds. The following table shows DFID's contribution to these programmes. It highlights achievements and the number of beneficiaries to date.
Programme name and DFID contribution Beneficiaries Provinces Achievements National Solidarity programme (NSP) £17 million over 3 years 15,103 communities All 34 provinces 16,343 Community Development Councils have been established. Over £146 million spent on areas of agriculture, education, health, irrigation, power, public buildings, transport and water supply. National Rural Access programme (NRAP) £18 million in 2005-06 375,000 households across Afghanistan All 34 provinces 9,575 km roads built or repaired, as well as schools, health clinics and water schemes Micro-Finance Investment Support Facility (MISFA) £20 million over 3 years 300,501 households, shopkeepers, tailors, and farmers among others. 75 per cent. of MISFA beneficiaries are women 20 provinces: Badakhshan Baghlan Balkh Bamyan Faryab Ghazni Helmand Herat Jawzjan Kabul Kapisa Kunarha Kunduz Laghman Logar Nangarhar Parwan Samangan Saripul Takhar Wardak Over £96 million of small loans distributed to 570,293 people
DFID has also provided £3 million to support the Research in Alternative Livelihoods Fund (RALF), which performs research into potential agricultural livelihoods options for rural Afghans. In addition, we support the Development of Sustainable Agriculture Livelihoods project in the Eastern Hazarajat (SALEH). This provides new and innovative ways for farmers to make a living in Eastern Hazarajat, for example, through honey-bee keeping and potato farming.