My name is Dr. Shyam Singh Yadav, and I work as Senior Adviser to the Director General in the Policy Planning and Program Coordination Department of Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation & Livestock. I primarily work on National Policy Planning and Project Implementation. I am also involved in the Rio conference country strategy development report. I am involved in national projects which deal with the Rehabilitation, Peace, Reintegration, Capacity Development, Daryland, Forestry, Agri- Business, Value Chain and Livestock. I am also involved in Food for lIfe national program which is a mega project of 500 Million USD. I am also responsible in imparting training strategies to national and provincial staff. I would like to attend this conference so that I can represent Afghanistans agriculture, enhance international partnership and also implement new strategies learned during the conference.