| Project Name | Preparation of National Agriculture Strategy | ||||||||
| Project Number | 38430-012 | ||||||||
| Country / Economy | Pakistan |
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| Project Status | Closed | ||||||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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| Strategic Agendas | Environmentally sustainable growth |
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| Drivers of Change | Governance and capacity development Knowledge solutions Private sector development |
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| Sector / Subsector | Agriculture, natural resources and rural development / Agricultural policy, institutional and capacity development |
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| Description | The TA will assist the government in reviewing developments in agriculture and developing an agriculture development strategy with clear priorities for public investments in agriculture development. The purpose of the TA is to prepare a short- to medium-term agricultural strategy that the government will use to plan its investments to support agricultural development. The TA will (i) review past developments in the agriculture sector, make recommendations for future development, and assist the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, and Livestock (MINFAL) to prepare an agriculture strategy; and (ii) assess MINFAL's capacity to implement the strategy, and recommend changes in role in the sector over the medium term (5-10 years), including recommendations for appropriate measures to target subsistence farmers, poor communities, women, and commercial producers in agriculture development. | ||||||||
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| Consulting Services | A Team of seven consultants: one international (Team Leader) and six domestic consultants. The team would be led by an agriculture economicst with strong background in agricultural policies, institutions and administration and extensive experience at the national and international level. The other members of the team will prepare thematic papers and assist the provincial working groups in consolidating the provincial strategy document in the folloiwng disciples: (1) Field Crops, (2) Horticulture and Floriculture, (3) Livestock and Poultry, (4) On-farm Wter Management, (5) Institutions and Policy, and (6) Devolution and Information Management. |
| Procurement | tbd |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Tambunan, Binsar P. |
| Responsible ADB Department | Central and West Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Energy Division, CWRD |
| Executing Agencies |
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock Shahid Hussain Raja Ministry of Food, Agriculture, and Livestock Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock 79 Al-Reman Chamber Blue Area, Islamabad, Pakistan |
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| Concept Clearance | 01 Jul 2004 |
| Fact Finding | 01 Oct 2005 to 18 Oct 2005 |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 09 Dec 2005 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| PDS Creation Date | 18 Apr 2006 |
| Last PDS Update | 25 Apr 2009 |
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 09 Dec 2005 | 04 Jan 2006 | 04 Jan 2006 | 31 Dec 2006 | 30 Apr 2008 | 30 Apr 2009 |
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 450,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 450,000.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 428,293.22 |