Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRT)s and Ag Sector Restoration: An Interagency Example LTC Jim Ruf Office of Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization Chris Seeley Principal Development Specialist DAI

2 Agenda –PRT Jalalabad 04 – 05 –Agriculture Restoration

3 Qalat Jacobabad Mazar-E Sharif Baghlan Gardez Konduz Kandahar Kabul Jalalabad Ghazni Quetta Peshawar Lashkar Gah Farah Sharana Chaman Khowst Parwan Maimana Tarin Kowt Asadabad Bamian Feyzabad Herat

4 Nangarhar Twenty Districts

5 Laghman Five Districts

6 Six Districts Nuristan 6

7 AO Construct Nangarhar Province Provincial Reconstruction Team Marine Battalion on Jalalabad Airfield Marine CO (rein) on PRT ANA BDE HQ and 1 Kandak Operational Detachments A & B Other Gov’t Agencies IOs / NGOs UN Asst Mission Afghanistan

8 PRT Jalalabad conducts civil-military operations in Nangarhar Province IOT facilitate reconstruction & development, enable the democratically elected Afghan Government, and create the conditions for successful Elections ISO central government. Mission

9 Lines of Operation  Enable an effective Afghan security apparatus  Facilitate and coordinate reconstruction and development  Extend the reach of the central government  Support the election / post election

10 PRT CDR S2 Marines S1 S3S4 CA State Dept MOI Interpreters Hired Labor NCOIC ANA BDE LNO / ETT TF Thunder USMC Task Organization THTPTAT PSYOP USAID (2) S6 EOD FPMEDICS TF SABREIMO USDA

11 PRT CDR S2 Marines S1 S3S4 CA State Dept MOI Interpreters Hired Labor NCOIC ANA BDE LNO / ETT TF Thunder USMC Task Organization THTPTAT PSYOP USAID (2) S6 EOD FPMEDICS TF SABREIMO USDA IO/NGO UNAMA IO/NGO HN Foreign Gov’ts OCF

12 Coordination Operations Project Nomination Board

13 Field Implementation USDA UNAMA DAI PRT INGOs Other Donors MRRD MAAHF MoPW MERW MoPW NGOs Other Ministries Trade Groups & Processors Village Shuras Associations- Cooperatives Individual Farmers Local University Provincial Government ALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOODS PROGRAM (ALP/E) USAID

14 ALP/E Program Overview Long Term Economic Development Program – 2/05 through 2/09 Regional in Scope – Provinces of Nangarhar, Laghman and Kunar Goals: –Increase Licit Crop Production and Sales –Improve Productive Public Infrastructure –Strengthen Businesses and Supporting Services –Improve Access to Credit and Finance –Work with Private and Public Sectors to Improve “Business Environment” –Continue with Employment Generation Activities –Enable Women and Disadvantaged to Participate in Licit Economy

15 Opportunities and Constraints in the Ag Sector – Eastern Region Opportunities  Water  2- 3 Growing Cycles  Broad Agro-Ecological Range  Market Position  Relative Stability Constraints  Water  Productive Infrastructure  Access to Inputs  Business Development Services  Supporting Environment

16 PRT’s A tried mechanism / structure that allows for IA integration, synchronization and unity of purpose at the “tactical level”

17 Questions