Shams Ul Amin Pirzada
\nLANDIKOTAL
\nThe United States Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Andrew Schofer on Wednesday jointly celebrated the successful completion of a joint project with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa benefiting agriculture related citizens in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
\nA statement issued by the US embassay said that US Embassy Director of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) Lori Antolinez, Food and agriculture related citizens in Agriculture Organization (FAO) Representative Florence Rolle and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Special Secretary of Agriculture Department Janat Gul to celebrate the successful completion of a dollars 477,876 project to benefit the citizens of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
\nIt said that the project developed state-of-the-art training manuals and supported 350 farmers\u2014including 80 women\u2014on improved alternative agricultural technologies. Around 16 persons were provided master training from the Agriculture Extension Department from Mohmand, Khyber, Bajaur and Torghar districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
\nDCM Schofer reflected on the partnerships between the US Government, FAO and the KP Government.
\nHe said \u201cThis project has achieved promising results in terms of crop productivity enhancement and increased incomes, while also strengthening the relevant institutions which will continue to help farmers by providing them essential support for the production and marketing of their crops.\u201d
\nThe Agriculture Training Centers will impart skills and training in alternative crop production technologies, which promote sustainable economic growth and eliminate community dependency on illicit crop production,he said.
\nFlorence Rolle said the FAO partnership with the US government and the KP Agriculture Department has been instrumental in generating best practices for the development of alternative livelihoods in the region.
\nOver the past four decades, he said,the US government through INL has invested more than dollars 01 billion to improve citizen\u2019s security and enhance law enforcement capacity across in Pakistan.
\nHe added that INL works in more than 90 countries to help combat crime and corruption counter the narcotics trade, improve police institutions and advance fair and accountable court systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Shams Ul Amin Pirzada LANDIKOTAL The United States Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Andrew Schofer on Wednesday jointly celebrated the successful completion of a joint project with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa benefiting agriculture related citizens in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A statement issued by the US embassay said that US Embassy Director of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-309719","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"\n