Punjab, FAO sign trust fund agreement.

RAWALPINDI -- The Punjab government and Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nation signed a unilateral trust fund agreement for the project 'Transforming Indus Basin with Climate Resilient Agriculture and Water Management' at Planning and Development.

The agreement was signed by Secretary Agriculture from the Punjab government Iftikhar Ali Sahoo and FAO Representative in Pakistan from Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations Florence Rolle.

Punjab Planning and Development Department Chairman Ali Sarfraz was also present on the occasion.FAO Representative Florence Rolle, after signing the agreement, said this project aims to increase resilience to climate change among the most vulnerable farming community in the Indus Basin and to strengthen public/private sector capacity for climate smart agriculture development.

P and D Department Chairman Ali Sarfraz said the project would help over 1.3 million people in the targeted districts of South Punjab to benefit for adoption and use of climate smart resilient agriculture and on-farm management practices. He...