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		<title>Soybean Growing after June Planting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This year we added 11 new provinces where we will be growing soybeans.  Altogether, NEI is operating in 26 provinces with approximately 3,000 farmers and numerous housewives who have joined us in promoting soybean cultivation throughout Afghanistan.
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		<link>http://www.neifoundation.org/soybean-production/soybean-growing-after-june-planting/</link>
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		<title>Thanks to the Japanese and Korean governments for their support.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our work to tackle malnutrition in Afghanistan by developing a self sustainable soy industry was recognized by the Governments of Japan and Korea where soybeans have been grown and consumed  for over a millennium.
The Japanese government simultaneously provided funding to test the soybean varieties donated by the Korean government, helped NEI distribute soybean seeds [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.neifoundation.org/partnerships/thanks-to-the-japanese-and-korean-governments-for-their-support/</link>
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		<title>Soy Milk Feeding Program and Soy Food Culture Development</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are continuing our soy milk feeding program for women and children in the poverty stricken areas of Herat, Faizabad, Mazar-e-Sharif, and Kabul.  Together with our soybean production program, soy milk feeding is a major component in providing immediate nutrition to the malnourished populations.  We have been supplying freshly prepared soy milk to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.neifoundation.org/social-impact/soy-milk-feeding-program-and-soy-food-culture-development/</link>
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		<title>NEI HQ Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The NEI Kabul house, which serves as both an office and living quarters for our staff, has been moved to the immediate neighborhood of our Kabul South soy milk processing facility.
We are happy to inform you that Mr. and Mrs. Shin Hong Pae joined us in August and will stay in Afghanistan for three years. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.neifoundation.org/nei-news/nei-hq-update/</link>
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		<title>Summer Planting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEI purchased 20 tons of soybean seeds from Stine Seed Company in Iowa and transported them to Kabul for distribution to farmers, housewives, and high school teachers.  NEI staff members in Kabul were split into several teams to distribute the seeds and provide training throughout several provinces so that farmers could begin planting by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.neifoundation.org/soybean-production/summer-planting/</link>
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		<title>New Approaches</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To extend the nutritional benefits of soybean to larger rural areas, we began distributing seeds to housewives in poor villages to plant in their own gardens.  This idea was also welcomed and supported by the Food and Agriculture Organizations of the United Nations (FAO) and the Afghanistan Ministry of Agriculture (MAIL).  The FAO [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.neifoundation.org/nei-news/new-approaches/</link>
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		<title>2009 Soybean Production &#8211; Spring Planting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In high altitude areas like the Bamyan province with a short growing season, we provided training to the Afghan farmers and distributed 5 tons of soybean seeds in early April.  These seeds are actually from the 2008 Herat province harvest and were tested and cleaned for distribution.  This progress moves us one step [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.neifoundation.org/soybean-production/2009-soybean-production-spring-planting/</link>
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		<title>A letter from the President</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite the economic downturn across the globe, we are actively continuing our efforts to eradicate malnutrition among women and children in Afghanistan.  Thanks to your generous donations, NEI was able to purchase enough soybean seeds to distribute to over 2,000 farmers and to expand our efforts into 11 more provinces this year.  We [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.neifoundation.org/nei-news/a-letter-from-the-president-3/</link>
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		<title>New Volunteer Staff Couples Going to Afghanistan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mr. and Mrs. Shinhong and Boksil Pae, Los Angeles, USA are now ready to join our volunteer staff members in Afghanistan; Mr. Young Su Byeon, Mr. Young Whan Kim and Mrs. Sungho Cho Wiley. They will work closely with the Ministry of Women&#8217;s Affairs to empower widows and their families nutritionally and financially through our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.neifoundation.org/nei-news/new-volunteer-staff-couples-going-to-afghanistan/</link>
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		<title>NEI In The News</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In February, TOLO TV-Afghanistan, the largest TV network in Afghanistan, filmed soy milk processing at our Kabul South soy milk processing facility and subsequent soy milk feeding to school children in an elementary school near the soy milk facility. We thanked them for educating the general public on the health benefits of soy through their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.neifoundation.org/nei-news/nei-in-the-news/</link>
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