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The project titled “Special Program for Food Security and Productivity Enhancement of Small Farmers (Crop Maximization Project-II)” was approved by the Federal Government on 4^th May, 2007 for a period of 5 years (July 2007 to June 2012) at a total cost of Rs 8013.522 million. It is being implemented in 1012 villages of 28 districts of all four provinces, AJK, FATA and FANA.

The Food Security Program focuses on segment of small & medium farmers having limited resources, which are about 95% of the total farming community and having 63% of the total cultivated land. The project is based on participatory approach and involves farming community by establishing Village Organizations (VOs) at village level. The project strategize on: multidisciplinary interventions with potential of high returns and intensification of extension services for quick availability of technical backstopping to the farming community.

The project is technology oriented which leads to provide technical assistance, skills and resources required for productivity enhancement and raising the income of small farmers. The technology packages are simple and time tested with proven benefits. The project helps establish Implement Pools, Input Sales & Marketing Centres and Revolving Fund to ensure availability of farm implements on rental basis, quality inputs on competitive prices, as well as loans to member farmers for productivity enhancement and setting up small enterprises at farm and village levels.

The horizontal and vertical linkages are developed among small farmers’ groups, main agricultural markets and financial institutions to integrate them into value chains for post harvest management, facilitation of marketing and ultimately to raise the farm income.

The project operates in 430 villages of 6 districts of Punjab province, viz., Sialkot, Gujranwala, Sahiwal, Sargodha, Muzaffargarh and Rahim Yar Khan; 230 villages of 8 districts of Sindh, viz., Mirpurkhas, Nawabshah, Noshahroferoz, Khairpur, Sanghar, Larkana, Badin and Mitiari; 160 villages of 5 districts of NWF Province which includes: Peshawar, Charsadda, Swabi, Bannu and Dera Ismail Khan; 150 villages of Balochistan involving Pashin, Qila Saifullan, Khuzdar, Jaffarabad and Lasbella districts. The state of AJK contributes 20 villages each from Kotli and Poonch districts. In addition, one village each of Khyber Agency and Gilgit are participating.

It is estimated that about 50,000 to 60,000 households will be involved in income generation and productivity enhancement interventions and they would be operating on about 450,000 acres of land in the project area.

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