Comprehensive Agriculture and Rural Development Facility (CARD-F)

Overview: Innovative technical solution to gather data using smartphones which is transmitted securely from the field to a central server in Kabul. Data integrity is assured by geo-referencing and time stamping. End beneficiaries can give feedback via audio or video. This means national staff can gather rich and detailed project information and publish it in real time without the need for international monitors.

The aim of CARD-F, the Comprehensive Agriculture and Rural Development Facility, is to increase legal rural employment and income opportunities through more efficient agricultural value chains and markets. It also aims to reduce the risk of resurgence in poppy cultivation by creating commercially viable and sustainable alternatives for farmers. Further aims include the coordination and integration of government and donor support to agriculture and rural development, and the improvement of government capacity to lead and coordinate donor initiatives to deliver provincial and district-level programmes