For Learning, Insights & Perspective – A blog by Consultancy Services Group

Bee Keeping: An Alternative Livelihood Option in Afghanistan

Honey, the nectar of flowers, has been part of many poetic expressions down the centuries. The French poet Victor Hugo is quoted, in saying ‘life is a flower of which love is the honey’. The modern day truism about honey is perhaps more farfetched. The world of honey now connotes its lyrical, gastronomical, economic and [...]

Afghan Carpet – Better Marketing Strategy can Bring Smiles to Millions

If you ask a weaver in Afghanistan, s/he will say ‘each carpet tells a story’. Such is the intense passion in which the art of carpet weaving is practiced in this country.
Yet, battered by war and due to lack of frontline marketing infrastructure, the sector remains a victim of financial ills & neglect.
Is there a [...]

Alternative Livelihood – An Important Vehicle for Growth in Afghanistan

The war torn Afghanistan has shown little signs of overall economic recovery despite the large scale largesse and multi sectoral work by the international donor agencies. The plight of the people at large continues to be woeful at the lowest economic subsistence level.
Breaking the conventional norms, Alternative Livelihood Programmes (ALPs), on the other hand [...]