Afghanistan Strategic Grain Reserve ( SGR Project )

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The objective of the Strategic Grain Reserve Project for Afghanistan is to establish a wheat strategic reserve to be available to Afghan households to meet their needs following emergency situations and improve the efficiency of the grain storage management. There are three components to the project, the first component being institutional infrastructure and capacity building. Component A will support the establishment and start‐up activities of a semi-autonomous entity to be in charge of managing the grain reserve. This component includes three subcomponents: institutional infrastructure, wheat crop estimation, and wheat fortification. The second component is the physical infrastructure. This component will finance physical engineering work for rehabilitating two silos (in Mazar‐e‐Sharif and Pul‐e‐Khumri), establishing three new greenfield silos (in Kabul, Kandahar, and Herat), and establishing a new warehouse in the northeast (Badakhshan Province). Finally, the third component is the project management. This component will finance activities related to the establishment and operations of a PIU to be located at MAIL in Kabul, and to be responsible for all management and implementation activities, including the finalization and development of the required institutional structure that will eventually be responsible for managing the grain reserve.