The first actions are, very punctually, in the high valleys of Kunar and Nuristan and include supplying seeds and veterinary actions. They are, from the beginning, supported by fundings, initially modest, from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The field team, very small, does not have real logistics. However, connections are made with the communities and the knowledge of local realities deepens.
After the withdrawal of the Soviets in 1989, and the seizing of Kabul in April 1992 by the mujaheddin, thousands of refugee families in Pakistan returned to Afghanistan. In 1992, the European Commission released important funds for the reconstruction of Afghanistan. MADERA expanded and professionalised its action, strengthened its field team. Its objectives were to secure food production: by rehabilitating irrigation and drainage systems, agricultural land, supplying inputs, supporting a network of veterinary clinics, animal vaccination campaigns and supporting arboriculture.
From 1992, MADERA expands and professionalises its action, aiming at securing food production. Activities start in Wardak (districts of Behsud) in 1992, then in Ghor in 2001.
After the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001, the main office of MADERA - initially based in Peshawar, then in Jalalabad - is transferred to Kabul.
Since 2005, relations established with communities and local authorities in MADERA’s intervention zones have been strengthened through integrated and participatory development.
