Agriculture Policy - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - A Ten Year Perspective.

The agriculture policy of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will support and promote sustainable agriculture as an inclusive and dynamic source of economic growth and development; and a producer of food, incomes and employment. The specific goals and objectives of agricultural policy are to: enhance sector productivity and competitiveness by activities such as improving the supply chain, technology dissemination and trade promotion; address food security and incomes needs of the vulnerable sections of the population and targeted actions are needed to improve food security, reduce poverty and enhance the role of women; and improve natural resource management, adaptation to climate change and disaster risk management. The agriculture sector, including crops, livestock, on-farm water management and fisheries, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has not performed in line with its potential and there is an urgent need to accelerate growth of the agriculture sector as a prerequisite for improving rural incomes and food security. The inclusion of gender marker in planning stages will also contribute gender mainstreaming programs and projects implementation.