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October 2010
Agriculture Input Farmer's Package (AIFP)
Punjab Government’s initiative to provide relief to the Flood Affected Farmers
Given the massive scale of devastation in the seven adversely affected districts (Bhakkar, Dera Ghazi Khan, Layyah, Mianwali, Muzaffargarh, Rahim Yar Khan, Rajanpur), the Government of Punjab decided to facilitate the farmers in the wheat sawing season. This strategic decision was taken while taking into consideration Pakistan’s flood security concerns, not ignoring the fact that livelihood of hundreds of thousands of farmers depends on this crucial season.
According to the Agriculture Input Farmer’s Package, farmers with smaller land holdings will be provided material support in the form of seeds and fertilizers. In order to ensure transparency and support to the truly deserving farmers, several Government departments are collaborating to make this relief effort meaningful. Amongst these, most notably are the Agriculture Department, Revenue Department, Information Technology Department and Punjab Information Technology Board.
The first phase of AIFP initiated on 30th October is already under progress in full swing where as the second phase is planned for the second week of November.
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