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What
We Do...
Approximately
220,000 households have benefited from a number of interventions
funded by ECHO, DFID, USAID, CIDA, the Belgian Government
and FAO itself. FAO also collaborates with national and international
implementing partners at grassroots level to distribute high
quality maize, wheat vegetable seeds, fertilizers, animal
feed, material and skills to construct earthquake resistant
animal shelters and provide technical assistance in crop management
and feeding techniques.
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82,000 vulnerable farm households received 2050 MT of wheat
seed and 4100 MT of fertilizers with the help of implementing
partners in Mansehra, Battagram, Abbottabad, and Shangla districts
in NWFP and Muzaffarabad, Bagh, Rawlakot districts in PAK
for the 2006 rabi wheat season. This is in addition to the
200 MT initially provided to 4000 rural families immediately
after the earthquake resulting in a total of 86,000 households
benefiting. |
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wheat seed and fertilizers being distributed among
vulnerable farmers in Union Council Opal in Shangla
Distirct-5 November 2006. |
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• 3000 vulnerable farmers in seven union councils in
districts Mansehra and Battagram received material and gained
skills to build 3000 earthquake resistant animal ‘cob’
shelters during the 2006-2007 winter months. Of these farmers,
600 received training and formed groups of five to construct
the sheds of which approximately 3000 have already been built
as of mid January. 1,200 MT of animal feed has been distributed
with each farmer receiving 300 kilograms compound feed and
100 kilograms of urea molasses blocks resulting in an increase
in milk production. This feed is in addition to the 1,500
households who received 140 MT of feed in October November
2005 immediately after the earthquake |
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Ariel
view of earthquake resistant animal shelters in village
Navagrah, Garlat union council nearing completion.
FAO livestock farmers laying bamboo for roof of shelter. |
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• 61,600 households that incurred losses to their kharif
maize crop during the June 2006 season received 770 MT of
maize seeds and 2770 MT of fertilizer. A further 41,040 households
were provided with 1700 MT fertilizer consisting of DAP and
Urea. Areas where seed and fertilizers were distributed included
Abbottabad, Battagram, Mansehra in NWFP and in Muzaffarabad,
Rawlakot, and Bagh districts in PAK. Preliminary results of
the post harvest report confirmed targeting mechanisms were
appropriate and agricultural inputs made an impact on the
livelihood recovery of beneficiaries.
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Farmer
showing off successful maize harvest in Charakpura
union council, district Muzaffarabad |
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24,990 households in Mansehra, Muzaffarabad and Bagh districts
were provided with seven different kinds of vegetable seeds
including tomato, okra, capsicum, bittergourd, coriander,
bottlegourd and squash in June 2006 for subsistence kitchen
garden farming.
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FAO
providing Technical Assistance
330
master trainers in areas including Mansehra, Ghari Habibullah,
Bisham, Banna, Muzaffarabad, Bagh and Rawlakot received training
in improved wheat production technologies in line with the
rabi 2006 wheat distribution campaign. Participants included
(MINFAL) line department extension staff, NGO technicians
and lead farmers/community activists who have subsequently
trained local communities. FAO has initiated farmer and technician
controlled wheat crop demonstration plots to propagate best
practices at grassroots level through farmer exchange visits
and farmer field days. |
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FAO
Agronomist explaining germination techniques to farmer
in farmer controlled demonstration plot in union council
Sohal Mazullah, district Mansehra. |
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Supplementary Winter Animal Feeding Training—51 master
trainers (right) in Mansehra and Battagram districts received
training in supplementary winter animal feeding techniques
in connection to the distribution of animal compound feed
and urea molasses blocks. They will transfer this knowledge
to livestock farmers in their community with further technical
support from the District Livestock and Dairy Development
Department (Mansehra and Battagram districts). The trainees
were taught chopping of maize stalk for fodder, usage of local
material for feed and how to produce their own urea molasses
blocks. After receiving the feed, farmers in the area have
already reported an increase in milk production as a result
of the usage of the urea molasses blocks.
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Livestock Specialist (right) explaining preparation
of supplementary animal feed to trainees in Garlat
union council, district Balakot |
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