USAID ’s AGRIBUSINESS PROJECT (Pakistan)

1. USAID’s AGRIBUSINESS PROJECT (Pakistan) Project Presentation

2. Project Summary Project : USAID’s Agribusiness Project Coop. Agreement No. : AID-391-A-12-00001 Duration : 5 years Date of Commencement : 09th November 2011 Investment : USD 89.4 million Private Sector Leverage : USD 320 millions

3. Project Goal and Objectives Overall Goal To support improved conditions for broad-based economic growth, create employment opportunities and contribute to poverty alleviation through increase in competitiveness of horticulture and livestock value chains in partnership with all stakeholders Specific Objectives • To strengthen the capacity in horticulture and livestock value chains to increase sales to domestic and foreign markets; • To strengthen the capacity of smallholders and farmer enterprises to operate autonomously and effectively; and • To increase agriculture efficiency and productivity through adoption of new farming techniques and technological innovation among targeted beneficiaries.

4. Inputs Seeds Fertilizer Plant Protection Services Credit Farm Production Landless, Small-holders, Large & Corporate Farms engaged in cultivation and post harvest practices Output Markets Storage Packaging Transport Primary & Secondary Processing Markets / Consumers drive the Value Chain Constraints may occur at any point in the value chain and interventions should identify and address all weak points to be effective Project Approach:Value Chain Wide Interventions

5. Project Approach:Sub-Sector Prioritizing and Clustering Sub-sector prioritization Identification of sub-sector which offer greatest potential, for; • Income and Employment generation; • Commercialization and export orientation; • Women empowerment and benefiting underserved; and, • Economic development and Poverty alleviation. Geographical Clustering • For focusing investment and interventions; • Facilitating synergies; and, • Support holistic industry development; and, • Ease of logistics and generating critical mass.

6. Map of Project Regions

7. Map Showing Project Clusters

8. Project Components

9. Project Outputs • Farm and enterprise productivity improved through technical assistance programs targeting 62,500 farmers and 2,500 agribusinesses; and • Leverage USD 320 million by the private sector through the provision of: • cost sharing support to 45,000 Farmer Enterprise Group members • 100 associations and cooperatives, 250 individual and corporate farmers • 40 R&D and extension providers • 140 SMEs and 8 Lead companies.

10. Project Outcomes/Impacts • Competitiveness of value chains in horticulture and livestock enhanced. • Creation of 1.3 million employment opportunities • Income enhanced by 20%, of the USG assisted beneficiaries • Sales increased by 40%, of the USG assisted agribusinesses

11. Progress Update

12. Progress Update

13. Progress Update

14. Activities Pictures USAID team during visit to pickles production project , supported by UAP, being implemented by women farmer enterprise group in Islamabad Project Orientation Workshop at Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Karachi First dialogue of UAP and AKRSP staff with a women FEG in GilgitBaltistan. Training on British Retail Consortium 3rd Party Auditor-Food Safety Issue 6, Karachi

15. Activities Pictures Consul General Nina Fite presenting Certificates to the participants of GlobalGAP-Livestock workshop Dr. William Patterson, Director, EG & A, USAID addressing at closing ceremony of Training Workshop on GlobalGAP US Ambassador viewing UAP-beneficiaries’ products displayed at UAP stall at Dawn Agri Expo in karachi USAID Mission Director and other officials during MoU being signed with Sindh Enterprise Development Fund Field consultation in Gadap, Karachi Group work during Scoping Exercise for Environmental Assessment in GilgitBaltistan

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