Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Rural Economic Transformation Project (KP-RETP) is a flagship initiative of Planning & Development Department (P&DD) Govt of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (GoKP), in partnership with IFAD, aims to contributes to poverty reduction, food & nutrition security and strengthened resilience of rural households of the province.

The overall goal of the project is to contribute to poverty reduction, and food and nutrition security of rural households. The development objective is improved rural income and employment through high value agriculture and off-farm/non-farm related activities in a sustainable and climate resilient manner. The project aims to addresses the main causes of rural poverty and food insecurity. These include low productivity and inefficient production system, wastages and low return from unorganized smallholders dominated farming, poor market orientation and weak linkages to supply chains, youth and women unemployment in rural areas as well as limited access to economic services, causing in turn income losses, food insecurity and malnutrition.