FFSP (Farm Forestry Support Project)

Key message: The project has been successful in two aspects; firstly the involvemnet of rural women as entrepruners, and secondly the non-subsidized and market orientation approach.

Description

The Farm Forestry Project is working in the dry rainfed rural areas of NWFP, Pakistan. The main objective of the project is to promote multi-purpose trees within the farming system for maximization of benefits for the poor. The target group is poor farmers and women. The project is contributing towards poverty alleviation through productivity enhancement from the farming system. The prime strategic focus of the project interventions is on the poverty alleviation and increasing productivity for sustainable livelihoods of the target group. The poverty aspect being addressed through careful selection process of entrepreneurs from the target group besides ensuring the involvement of the poor and disadvantaged group. The issues of equity and equality in terms of distribution of benefits of the project interventions are looked into before initiation of any activity. The productivity aspect is covered through the enterprise orientation and market driven approach of the project. It tries to avoid and eliminate the need for inefficient subsidized packages, as farm forestry is a natural resource management activity, which can be considered inherently commercial and market oriented. This would help in creating ownership, tapping the local knowledge and experiences, which in turn would lead towards sustianability.

Fact sheet

Type: Trust fund project
Start: 2000 End: 2008 Status: Closed
Joint venture with: SDC

Region: South Asia

Country: Pakistan

Working domain: Natural Resource Management | Rural Economy | Local Governance and Civil Society

Key topic: Entrepreneurship training | Gender oriented entrepreneurship | Strengthening of associations and interest groups | Market information management and market appraisal | Seed and seedling marketing | Wood processing and marketing | Rehabilitation of degraded land | Farm forestry | Fodder trees and their management | Participatory programme monitoring and evaluation | Gender awareness building | Rural livelihoods and poverty | Capacity building | Capitalization of experiences | Indigenous knowledge

Funding source: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

Staff

Project responsible:

Responsible at Delegation/Representation: Arjumand Nizami

Responsible at Head Office: Philippe Vaneberg

Contact

Address:
House 444
Old Bara Road
University Town
Peshawar
Pakistan

Phone: 0092-91-5705716, 5704013 Fax: 0092-91-5704984

E-Mail: ffp@pes.comsats.net.pk

Website: www.intercooperation.org.pk/ffsp.htm