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‘Whole family’ approach supports value chain development through improved gender inclusion
October 17, 2022
Azeem Haider Naqvi, Habat Ullah Asad, Iqra Sultan
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Women play a key role in agriculture in Pakistan that has not always been acknowledged. They are mostly deprived of access to information, knowledge and skills enhancement. This leads to poor technical skills with minimum wage employment, no recognition and no role in family decision-making.
Vegetable project in Pakistan build capacity of agriculture extension staff on value chain approach in Punjab and Sindh
August 15, 2022
Azeem Hayder, Habat Ullah Asad, Hafiz ur Rehman, Rehan Riaz
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Smallholder farmers constitute a major part of the vegetable industry in Pakistan. However, these farmers cannot effectively participate and benefit from the existing vegetable supply chains due to various reasons such as social, financial and market constraints. In addition, a production-orientated mindset can also lead to poor quality and low prices.
Women and youth play key role in nutritional aspects of Pakistan’s potato value chain
August 11, 2022
Hafiz ur Rehman, Muhammad Asif, Rahila Ishaq
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In Pakistan, rural women and youth constitute more than half of the country’s 220 million population and are responsible for multiple roles in different aspects of crop and food production. This blog is published ahead of International Youth Day on Friday 12 August, 2022.
Better livelihoods sought for smallholder onion farmers
June 9, 2022
Azeem Hayder, Habat Ullah Asad
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Pakistan is the fifth largest onion producer with a total area of around 131.4 thousand hectares and annual production of 1.8 million tons. Most of the onion farmers are smallholders and face challenges such as smaller volumes and fluctuating prices due to a production-led approach.
Enabling the disadvantaged: ACIAR vegetable value chain project helps small onion farmers in Tando Allahyar, Sindh, earn higher profits
August 19, 2021
Azeem Haider Naqvi, Habat Ullah Asad, Muhammad Asif
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Onion is one of the major vegetable crops in Pakistan and most of its producers are smallholder farmers. Due to smaller land holding, traditional farming practices and prevailing marketing system, they are unable to received better price for their produce and cannot uplift their living standards. The current marketing system prefers volume over the quality…
Dutch Ambassador to Pakistan meets small-scale potato farmers for update on potato capacity-building project
June 29, 2021
Hafiz ur Rehman, Maila al Saba Shah, Umair Safdar, Yasar Saleem Khan
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Potato is an important vegetable crop of Pakistan with 88% of production linked to Punjab state – of which 70% comes from within four districts; Okara, Sahiwal, Pakpattan and Kasur in Pakistan.
Global rescue plan needed for fruit and vegetable diversity
May 17, 2021
Maureen Mecozzi
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UN Food Systems Summit 2021 brief charts a path forward to conserve precious genetic resources for future food crop options. The many fruit and vegetable species in food production systems contributing essential nutrients to human diets are under threat from land use, climate change, and other factors, reports a United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS)…
Onion value chain interventions increase incomes for growers in Sindh province, Pakistan
June 30, 2020
Azeem Hayder, Muhammad Asif
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Mr Quraish and Mr Babar are both members of the Strengthening Vegetable Value Chains in Pakistan (SVVCP) onion farmer’s group, from the village Ibrahim Shah in district Tando Allahyar Sindh, who are keen on increasing their yields and sales of their produce.
Farmers learn advanced nursery raising techniques to strengthen Pakistan’s vegetable value chains
February 28, 2020
Babar Bajwa, Muhammad Asif
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Onion and chilli farmers from villages in Pakistan’s Sindh province have come together to learn best practices of vegetable nursery raising as part of the CABI-led Strengthening Vegetable Value Chains Project (SVVCP) project funded by the Australian Centre for International Agriculture Research (ACIAR). The farmers from Ibrahim Shah and Khari Mohammad of district Tando Allahyar…
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