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Reducing inequality in Balochistan through sustainable agricultural development - GCP/PAK/113/USA

Year of publication 2017

Pages 2p.

Publisher FAO ;

Category Factsheet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The Balochistan Agriculture Project was designed to make a significant contribution to alleviating poverty and reducing economic inequalities, with particular emphasis on capacity-building for agriculture and livestock farmers. The focus of the project was on marginal and small-scale farmers from resource-poor households in eight border districts of north-east Balochistan, located within 100 miles of the Afghan border. As part of the project, two smaller so-called emergency projects were impleme nted in the Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (FATA) in north-west Pakistan, focusing on livestock support and the livelihood assets of internally displaced families and on ensuring household food security.

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