Kabul hosts first agricultural fair

For the first time since 2001 Afghanistan is hosting an agricultural fair. The goal is to improve agricultural performance and draw investors. Over 86 companies are in attendance and -- encouragingly -- most  of them are local.

Bolstering Afghanistan's agricultural performance would have a huge impact on lives -- most of the country remains rural and dependent upon subsistence agriculture. Moreover, for a poor country, Afghanistan imports an astonishing amount of its food; something as simple as creating a domestic industry for poultry (most of which is currently imported from China) would go a long way to creating jobs and lowering prices for consumers.