For the USAID-funded Afghanistan Alternative Livelihoods Program (ALP-E), AISD conducted an assessment of the poultry sub-sector in Eastern Afghanistan and designed a sector development strategy with sector stakeholders identifying specific areas for critical donor, public and private sector interventions. Provided technical and managerial advice for the establishment and operation of agribusinesses linked to the poultry value chain, specifically breeder farms, hatcheries, feed mills and broiler farms, in close collaboration with the Eastern Region Poultry Farmers Association. ALP-E was implemented by DAI, to strengthen the Afghan Government’s capacity to address the problem of illicit poppy cultivation by promoting improved economic opportunities and the diverse regional economic growth-(2006, 2007)