Publications

Uzbekistan

Water and health work from JDA's offices in Tashkent and Kokand.

Solar bottles for our health: report of the SODIS dissemination project, phase II April 2003 to March 2004 · PDF, 32 pages, 359 KB
Beat Grimm's report for JDA's Kokand office on spreading solar water disinfection through villages of the Rishton and So'x districts, with health results compared against villages without SODIS.
SODIS: water quality improvement at household level, a case example from Uzbekistan JDA International · PDF, 4 pages, 151 KB
How the Kokand office piloted solar water disinfection in 2001 and spread it through schools in the Ferghana Valley.

Afghanistan: agriculture

Research notes, press releases and a program overview from JDA's agriculture work in the north.

Afghanistan: road to recovery About 2003 · PDF, 2 pages, 345 KB
An early JDA brochure on relief, rebuilding and development work in northern Afghanistan after 2001, with a map of program areas.
Kholm tractor days Press release, April 2008 · PDF, 1 page, 449 KB
A demonstration of Chinese two-wheel tractors for members of a farmers' cooperative in Kholm, and why farmers needed loan terms that matched their harvests.
Winter greenhouse trials Press release, March 2008 · PDF, 1 page, 166 KB
Crop trials on JDA's research farm outside Mazar-i-Sharif under IFDC's FARMS project.
Crops suffer due to tiny pests Press release, May 2008 · PDF, 1 page, 186 KB
JDA's melon fly research on 36 hectares across three provinces, with FAO.
Lay-flat pipe demonstration, training, and market support Technical note, October 2010 · PDF, 6 pages, 746 KB
Using low-cost lay-flat pipe to cut water loss and labor in gravity and pumped irrigation.
Technical notes from strawberry production trials, 2009 and 2010 Technical note, 2011 · PDF, 7 pages, 765 KB
Varieties, spacing, mulch and greenhouse results from JDA's strawberry work.
Cover crops improve resource management in field crop and vegetable rotations Technical note, 2011 · PDF, 6 pages, 856 KB
Trials of cover crops and green manure for soil quality and water conservation.
Innovative rice production JDA International · PDF, 3 pages, 570 KB
Expanding the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) with farmers in Sholgara district, Balkh.
Weed control training under RADP-North JDA International · PDF, 1 page, 835 KB
How JDA trained farmers and input suppliers in improved weed control to raise wheat yields.
Agricultural development in northern Afghanistan Presentation, 2017 · PDF, 16 pages, 3.2 MB
Peter How's overview of JDA's farm programs: weed control, seed businesses, conservation agriculture, contract harvesting with two-wheel tractors, laser land leveling, links to grain buyers, and work with Balkh University's Faculty of Agriculture.
Strawberry production Growing guide, October 2019 · PDF, 6 pages, 3.3 MB
Planting, feeding, watering and harvest advice for strawberries, drawing on JDA's work with the crop since 2005.

Afghanistan: water, hygiene and nutrition

Reports and newsletters from the WASH, BLiSS and nutrition programs.

Water, sanitation and hygiene and Birth Life Saving Skills training project January to October 2014 · PDF, 3 pages, 2.1 MB
A summary of hygiene training for women, men and children and BLiSS training for women, with 1,640 participants in the period.
Making handwashing a habit Newsletter, August 2016 · PDF, 2 pages, 1.5 MB
Puppet shows for Global Handwashing Day in three schools, and how JDA's WASH program trained communities and drilled wells.
Building sustainable communities Newsletter, October 2016 · PDF, 2 pages, 1.3 MB
Wells, filters and hygiene training, and nutrition lessons for women in Balkh, Baghlan, Samangan and Jawzjan under RADP-North.
Hygiene and sanitation testimonies Newsletter, August 2017 · PDF, 2 pages, 1.3 MB
What village women learned in hygiene classes, and a profile of the Jogi, a minority community JDA trained.
Strengthening farmers' knowledge Newsletter, October 2017 · PDF, 2 pages, 1.8 MB
Kitchen gardening for women, weed control training, and laser land leveling demonstrations.
Improving community health through behavior change Newsletter, December 2017 · PDF, 2 pages, 959 KB
How JDA measured change before and after WASH and BLiSS training, and its move to digital surveys on tablets.
An empowered woman is a productive woman Newsletter, September 2018 · PDF, 2 pages, 844 KB
JDA's six-week hygiene, sanitation and nutrition course for women, and how trainees passed lessons on to neighbors.
Promoting nutrition awareness to fight malnutrition Newsletter, November 2018 · PDF, 2 pages, 372 KB
The 10-lesson nutrition course and home gardens, with figures on malnutrition in Afghanistan.

Iraqi Kurdistan and Ninewa

Recovery and livelihood work with Yazidi and Chaldean families after ISIS.

An update on Iraq Newsletter, February 2018 · PDF, 2 pages, 862 KB
Conditions for families returning home after the defeat of ISIS, and JDA's plans for cash for work, small businesses and farming in Batnaya.
Cash for work, RIVAL program year one Fact sheet, October 2019 · PDF, 1 page, 1.3 MB
Cash for work for 790 people, 140 women and 650 men, cleaning and repairing public facilities in 14 villages.
RIVAL year two program brochure Brochure, 2020 · PDF, 4 pages, 895 KB
The goals of RIVAL year two, run with the Dutch NGO ZOA in Hamdinaya, Telkaif and Sumel districts: cash for work, small business grants, farm training and livestock for women.

About these files

These are JDA's own publications, as originally issued, with a few changes to protect people. The names of local people, personal phone numbers and email addresses, and requests for support have been removed. Photos are shown as JDA published them; names are withheld, not faces. Figures are as JDA reported them at the time and may differ from later totals; see About the figures.