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 Iowa ADT meets Kunar counterparts By Capt. Peter Shinn, Combined Joint Task Force 101
 KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan - The agricultural  experts of the Iowa National Guard’s 734th Agri-Business Development Team met  with Haji Mohasal Kahn, Kunar Province Director of Agriculture, Irrigation and  Livestock, and Kahn’s department heads at the governor’s compound in Asadabad  Sept. 14. ADT officials held the meeting to introduce the  provincial agriculture leaders to their counterparts from Iowa and get a better  sense for how best to quickly assist the provincial government in providing  more robust agricultural services to its citizens. Kahn opened the meeting, noting Afghanistan’s long armed  struggle and affirmed the government’s commitment to improving the lives of its  citizens. “Afghanistan has been at war for more than 30 years. We  want to put that behind us and develop Afghanistan to improve the lives of the  people,” Kahn said. “The government will not let anyone who wants to destroy  what we are building succeed.” Army Col. Craig Bargfrede, the ADT’s commander, led the  American delegation. He made only one promise to the provincial agricultural  officials. “We will not provide you with anything you tell us you do not need,”  Bargfrede said. “We are listening to you.” Many of those needs can be addressed by a well-run  farmer’s cooperative, according to U.S. Army 1st Lt. Scott Shirk of Emmetsburg,  Iowa, an agronomist with the 734th ADT. He pointed out that co-op governance  will play an important role in whether the fledgling enterprise in Kunar  succeeds in improving the productivity and income of its members. “They have the co-op set up, but they don’t know the  duties and responsibilities of its board members. They’re kind of ahead of  themselves, because they already have 200 members,” Shirk said. “There’s a lot  they could do with the co-op – buying fertilizers and seeds in bulk, saving  transportation costs – but they need to figure out how its board is supposed to  function first.” Kunar agricultural officials then met with their ADT  equivalents and discussed the needs of Kunar’s farmers and livestock producers.  Haji Abdul Karim, general manager of the Kunar Farmers’ Cooperative, emphasized  the needs are great. “This was a very good meeting, and we want from the  Americans the help they can provide our farmers with fertilizers and seeds,”  Karim said. “We would also like to see poultry farms established and  introduction of dairy cows for women.”
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