Strengthening of institutional linkages By Mr Allah Dad Khan Agriculture Expert Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province Pakistan

2. Strengthening of Institutional Linkages
for Agriculture Development in
Pakistan
By
Allah Dad Khan
Provincial Project Director CMP-II
NWFP Component ( MINFAL)
At Khyber Agriculture University Peshawar
Cell= o332 9221298

3. Brief History of Agriculture Extension
 Agriculture Extension system was started in
1902 when the canal irrigation system was
introduced in the Indo Pak sub continent.
 In NWFP in 1910 for the first time Agriculture
section was established at Tarnab Peshawar.
 In 1935 this section developed into a full
fledged department of Agriculture under the
Director of Agriculture, who was responsible
for both the Research and Extension in the
Province.
 The Department of Agriculture was
reorganized into extension and research wings
in 1962.

5. Present Status of Agriculture in
NWFP
 Rural; areas comprised of 83 % of total
NWFP population.
 44% of rural population Lives below poverty
line.
 More than 92% land owners are
characterized as small farmers
 Out of 10.177 m. hectares only 1.69m
hectares area is cultivated.
 14.5% land area is cultivable waste.
 About 50% of cultivated area is rainfed.

6. Present Status of Agriculture in NWFP Contd
 NWFP is wheat deficit and domestic requirement is met
through import from other provinces or abroad.
 NWFP possesses comparative advantage in the production
of fruits and vegetables.
 Large number of Livestock population but low productivity.
 Frequent droughts and floods.
 Wide yield gap between progressive and average farmers.
 Ineffecient Research and Extension Services
 Lack of capital and financial resources and poor e4conomic
conditions of farmers.
 Lack of competitiveness of some agriculture commodities
grown by farmers.
 Marketing
 Soil problems ( Water logging,erosion salinity etc)

7. North West Frontier Province
Agriculture Statistics at a Glance
Category Area
Total Area 8.345
Cultivable Area 1.848
Non-Cultivable Area 6.497
Forest Area 1.360
Cultivable Waste 1.212
Barani Area 0.924
Area Million Hec

8. Common Weaknesses of Agriculture
Extension System.
 Inadequate Staff in Agriculture Extension
 Inadequate finances, especially lack of operational
funds.
 Poor personnel and financial management procedures;
little use of management information system (MIS).
 Few or no incentives to recognize and award superior
performance.
 Field staff generally poorly trained or equipped to carry
out a wide range of extension activities.
 Adhoc or weak linkages with research.
 Lack of attention to the needs of disadvantaged group,
especially women.
 Poor organizational communications.
 Very limited clientele input into program development

9. CHALLENGES Faced in Agriculture
Development
 No rural based horticultural cottage industry for boosting
growth and creating off farm employment opportunities
,ensuring sustainable markets and social benefits
 NO road and rail infrastructure for efficient transportation
of agricultural produce to main markets/ports.
 Shortage of irrigational water .
 Un-attractive prices of Horticulture Products due to lack
of value addition

10. Challenges Faced in Agriculture Development
contd---
 Non Established organic farming zones.
 Weak accredited quality related infrastructure recognized internationally
under WTO rules.
 Less Storage Facilities at Air Ports.
 Less vegetables seed producing farms.
 No hill farming research and development centers exist .
 Developing Pocket Area Approach (one area one product).
 Weak Agriculture Research and Agriculture Extension Departments.
 Marketing system non existence in PVT sector.
 Imposing ban on the use of Agriculture Land for Commercial purposes.
 Simplification of credit Procedure for Small Farmers

11. Future Vision
Hypothetically, one would like to see that:
 The NWFP becomes a developed, industrialized, just
and prosperous province by utilizing the huge resource
base of Agriculture sector through a coordinated and
consistent manner to accomplish the Mission.
 The potential of the sector is utilized to produce high
quality food for improving the health status of the
nation and increasing the income of the farming
community.
 Qualitative and quantitative enhancement of
productivity of the sector is tailored in a manner to
generate employment, create and develop business
opportunities for local and foreign investors and to
establish an export base.

12. Future Priorities/Directions For Agriculture
Development
 Well developed AE and ARS through establishment of FVDC
in Public/PVT partnership ( Horticulture Vision 2020)
 Capacity building of farmers through FSC/MFSC.
 Priority fruit and vegetables to be encouraged.
 To establish agriculture marketing system , regulated and
non regulated markets , cooperative marketing , market
driven services, collection points and cool chain
development.
 WTO and its awareness and production of crops.

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14. Future Priorities/Directions /New Initiatives
 Declaration of horticulture as industry.
 Strengthening of MFSC and IPM activities through FFS/PTD.
 Floriculture awareness and development .
 Promotion of plastic tunnel technology for off season vegetables, hybrid
seed production of vegetables, exploiting microclimatic zones for high value
fruit and vegetables
 Promoting rural based horticulture cottage industries (boosting economic
growth), creating off farm employment opportunities, ensuring sustainable
markets and providing social benefits.
 Improving communication infrastructure and farm to market roads network
for efficient transportation of agriculture produce to main markets/ports;
 Expanding area under irrigation through small dams water harvesting and
introducing high efficiency irrigation system like drip and sprinkler.
 Establishing organic farming zones.
 Creating accreditation and quality related infrastructure acceptable to WTO
rules.

15. Future Priorities/Directions
 Strengthening of plant protection quarantine
services
 Pesticides residual testing labs.
 Utilization of culturable waste
 Export of crops, fruits and vegetables.
 Arrangement of shows and melas.
 Linkages of GPU with fruit nurseries.
 Establishment of help line through TV and radio
programmes and other information materials.
 Establishment of cool chain and collection centers
and processing units.

16. Transition to Future Extension
Future
Extension
Conventional
Extension
• Centralized
• Government-led
• Technology centered
• Self-reliant
• Farmer-led
• Learning centered
• Fewer staff
• More professional
Transition
Through
Farmer Field School

17. Paradigm Shift: Research - Extension – Farmer
Relationship
Research
Extension
Farmer
.....
FFS
Farmer Field School

18. THANKS