8-306-18-059-R - Recommendation 3

USAID/Afghanistan verify that the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock corrects the three instances of material noncompliance (1. loans and advances were written off in excess of the allowed 5% threshold of loans portfolio, 2. operating expenditure included in the fund accountability statement that were not included in the approved budget, and 3. advances paid to staff and prepayment to contractors against operational expenses. These payments were not provided in the budget) as detailed on pages 37 to 39 of the audit report.