Eastern – Agribusiness Cluster
This cluster will have focus on the promotion of fruits, high value vegetables, fisheries and livestock. The cluster will consist of 7 districts i.e. Haripur, Abbottabad, Mansehra, Battagram, Torghar, Kohistan, Lower Kohistan, Kolai Palas. The key interventions and activities are stated below;
Intervention Areas
Activities
Pome & stone fruits
– Strengthening the existing germ plasm units (GPU) Haripur and establishment of more GBUs and screen houses in Mansehra, Battagram.
– Support to nursery growers’ of Haripur , Mansehra , professional farmer organizations for establishment of
screen houses, nurseries.
– Support to nursery growers in registration and certification of plants and nurseries.
– Technical assistance in Capacity building of their workers, technicians etc.
– Support to PFOs in establishment of commercial orchards.
– Support to farmers and organizations in value addition in fresh, processed, dried.
– Mobilizing investment in fruits processing, packaging and export.
– Support to farmers and FOs in commercial production of strawberry runners.
– Mobilizing investors through grant support for strawberry processing, export.
Seedless Citrus Zone
– Nursery persons/farmer organizations strengthened for multiplication of certified fruit plants already available with ARS Tarnab, Germ Plasm Unit in Sherkhana and Germ Plasm Unit Haripur
– Capacity building through certified courses for farmers through Academia/Extension Department.
– Support to PFOs in establishment of citrus orchards.
– Support in certification (GlobalGAP, IFS, etc).
– Mobilizing private sector investment in establishment of citrus processing units (washing, grading, waxing and pulping, storage etc.)
Offseason & high value vegetables
– Introduction of improved varieties and new technologies for OS/HV vegetable production.
– Grant support to PFOs in establishment of aggregation centers.
– Introduction of improved packaging.
– Mobilizing private sector investment in vegetable processing i.e chips, paste, ketchup, frozen etc.
– Support to farmers in market access and linkages.
– Capacity building of FOs along the value chain.
Dairy, meat & small
ruminant
– Establishing FMD free zone – Organizing dairy farmers into PFOs.
– Building their capacity in animal hygiene, nutrition, and management.
– Support in establishment of milk collection and sale points.
– Mobilizing SMEs for investment in milk processing, pasteurization, and value addition.
– Breed improvement for milk and meat.
– Support in fattening of animals.
– Capacity building of farmers in raring small ruminants.
– Support in breed improvement in small ruminant.
– Mobilizing private sector in establishment of meat processing and value addition.
– Capacity building of butchers in standardized meat cuts and establishment of meat shops.
– Support in production of improved fodders.
– Market access and linkages.
Others
– Identified based on the market studies and business planning exercise to be carried out in the first year of the project implementation.