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Approximately
220,000 households have benefited from a number of interventions
funded by ECHO, DFID, USAID, CIDA, the Belgian Government
and FAO itself. FAO also collaborates with national and international
implementing partners at grassroots level to distribute high
quality maize, wheat vegetable seeds, fertilizers, animal
feed, material and skills to construct earthquake resistant
animal shelters and provide technical assistance in crop management
and feeding techniques. |
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82,000 vulnerable farm households received 2050
MT of wheat seed and 4100 MT of fertilizers with the help
of implementing partners in Mansehra, Batagram, Abbottabad,
and Shangla districts in NWFP and Muzaffarabad, Bagh, Rawlakot
districts in PAK for the 2006 rabi wheat season. This is in
addition to the 200 MT initially provided to 4000 rural families
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earthquake resulting
in a total of 86,000 households benefiting. |
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wheat seed and fertilizers being distributed among vulnerable
farmers in Union Council Opal in Shangla Distirct-5 November
2006 |
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3000 vulnerable farmers in seven union councils in districts
Mansehra and Batagram received material and gained skills
to build 3000 earthquake resistant animal ‘cob’
shelters during the 2006-2007 winter months. Of these farmers,
600 received training and formed groups of five to construct
the sheds of which approximately 3000 have already been built
as of mid January |
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1,200 MT of animal feed has been distributed with each farmer
receiving 300 kilograms compound |
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showing off successful maize harvest in Charakpura union council,
district Muzaffarabad |
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feed and 100 kilograms of urea molasses blocks resulting in
an increase in milk production.This feed is in addition to
the 1,500 households who received 140 MT of feed in October
November 2005 immediately after the earthquake. |
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61,600 households that incurred losses to their kharif maize
crop during the June 2006 season received 770 MT of maize
seeds and 2770 MT of fertilizer. A further 41,040 households
were provided with 1700 MT fertilizer consisting of DAP and
Urea. Areas where seed and fertilizers were distributed included
Abbottabad, Batagram, Mansehra in NWFP and in Muzaffarabad,
Rawlakot, and Bagh |
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districts in PAK. Preliminary results of the post harvest
report confirmed targeting mechanisms were appropriate and
agricultural inputs |
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view of earthquake resistant animal shelters in village Navagrah,
Garlat union council nearing completion. FAO livestock farmers
laying bamboo for roof of shelter |
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made
an impact on the livelihood recovery of beneficiaries. |
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• 24,990 households
in Mansehra, Muzaffarabad and Bagh districts were provided
with seven different kinds of vegetable seeds including tomato,
okra, capsicum, bitter gourd, coriander, bottle gourd and
squash in June 2006 for subsistence kitchen garden farming.
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FAO providing Technical
Assistance 330 master trainers in areas including Mansehra,
Ghari Habibullah, Bisham, Banna, Muzaffarabad, Bagh and Rawlakot
received training in improved wheat production technologies
in line with the rabi 2006 wheat distribution campaign. Participants
included (MINFAL) line department extension |
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staff, NGO technicians
and lead farmers/community activists who have subsequently
trained local communities. FAO has initiated farmer and technician
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Agronomist explaining germination techniques to farmer in
farmer controlled demonstration plot in union council Sohal
Mazullah, district Mansehra. |
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wheat
crop demonstration plots to propagate best practices at grassroots
level through farmer exchange visits and farmer field days.
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Supplementary
Winter Animal Feeding Training—51 master trainers (right)
in Mansehra and Batagram districts received training in supplementary
winter animal feeding techniques in connection to the distribution
of animal compound feed and urea molasses blocks. They will
transfer this knowledge to livestock farmers in their community
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the
District Livestock and Dairy Development Department
(Mansehra and Batagram districts). The trainees were taught
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Livestock Specialist (right) explaining preparation of supplementary
animal feed to trainees in Garlat union council, district
Balakot |
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of
maize stalk for fodder, usage of local material for feed and
how to produce their own urea molasses blocks. After receiving
the feed, farmers in the area have already reported an increase
in milk production as a result of the usage of the urea molasses
blocks.
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