March 4, 2010: Ambassador Hakimi and Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock, H.E. Mr. Mohammad Asif Rahimi, take part in JICA’s seminar entitled “Rebuilding Agriculture in Afghanistan ~ Challenges and Future Perspectives” hosted at the Embassy of Afghanistan.




Roughly 80 people from government, private, and academic sectors attended the seminar as the speakers, H.E. Minister Rahimi, Ambassador Hakimi, and JICA’s Director General of the Rural Development Department, Mr. Motofumi Kohara, spoke on Afghan-Japanese relations, the successes and challenges of Afghanistan’s agricultural sector, and the current and future role of Japan in Afghan agriculture.