Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman Visits  Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Iraq 
Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman, in a historic visit to Afghanistan, announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture intends to donate $5 million of U.S. agricultural commodities under the Food for Progress Program.   
Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman with children in Iraq. Click to view larger picture

Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman is enthusiastically greeted by children in Northern Iraq. Click to view larger picture

Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman is enthusiastically greeted by children in Northern Iraq.
Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman with children in Iraq

“We look forward to continuing to work with Afghanistan to support the hopes of all Afghans for a better future-a future, as President Bush said, that is ‘free from terror, free from war and free from want’.”

  --Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman 		  

 
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Afghanistan, Iraq and Uzbekistan


Iraq

Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman along with the Dean of Baghdad University during her two day visit to Iraq, visits with students. Click to view larger picture. Agriculture Secretary Ann M.Veneman said that food assistance is an important part of that effort. In addition to donations under U.S. Agency for International Development programs, USDA has provided $28 million in food assistance for Afghanistan under its 2003 programs.
Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman along with the Dean
Ahmed Al-Zubaidi, Baghdad University during her two day visit
to Iraq, visits with students.		 Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman tours women's center in Afghanistan. Veneman also announced the first Cochran Fellowship Program with Afghanistan to provide short-term, U.S.-based training for eight Afghan women to study agricultural finance.
Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman gives bread to a little Afghan girl at the WFP-sponsored bakery. Click to view larger picture Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman meets with Baghdad University Department of Agriculture students. Click to view larger picture.
Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman gives bread to a little Afghan girl at the World Food Program sponsored bakery.  In addition to donations under U.S. Agency for International Development programs, USDA has provided $28 million in
food assistance for Afghanistan
under its 2003 programs.		 Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman meets with students from the College of Agriculture of Baghdad University.  
Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman and President Talabani, the current President of the Governing Council in Iraq. Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman tours a nursery in Erbil, Iraq.
Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman and President Talabani, the current President of the Governing Council in Iraq. Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman tours a nursery in Erbil, Iraq.
 
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Afghanistan
Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman and President Hamid Karzai talked about USDA’s many efforts and programs, especially school feeding for Afghan children. USDA is now in its second year of supporting an Aga Khan Foundation project in the north of Afghanistan. Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman with Ag Minister of Afghanistan. Veneman announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture intends to donate $5 million of U.S. agricultural commodities under the Food for Progress Program.
Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman and President Hamid Karzai talked about USDA’s many efforts and programs, especially school feeding
for Afghan children. USDA is now in
its second year of supporting an Aga Khan Foundation project in the north
of Afghanistan.		 Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman with the Agriculture Minister of Afghanistan. Veneman announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture intends to donate $5 million of U.S. agricultural commodities under the Food for Progress Program.
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 Uzbekistan
Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman with USDA’s Cochran Fellowship Program participants. In Uzbekistan the Cochran Fellows that met with Secretary Ann M. Veneman recently have completed a World Trade Organization training course in the United States.
Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman  with USDA’s Cochran Fellowship Program participants. Veneman said USDA provided short-term agricultural and business training under the Cochran Fellowship Program to seven Uzbeks this past year and
to 146 in the past decade.		  In Uzbekistan the Cochran Fellows that met with Secretary Ann M. Veneman recently have completed a World Trade Organization training course in the United States.
Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman in Uzbekistan meet with USDA’s Cochran Fellowship Program participants and talked about the future of technical assistance efforts.  
Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman in Uzbekistan  with USDA’s Cochran Fellowship Program participants. Veneman announced
that USDA would provide a grant of 2,500 tons of nonfat dry milk to the government of Uzbekistan for fiscal year 2004.

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