USAID Pakistan:
1. Swat district is responsible for 67 percent of the total peach production in Pakistan. The fruit enjoys a ready market nationally as well as abroad
USAID Pakistan:
2. USAID successfully trained 449 local peach farmers in Swat under a $490,000 revitalization program that aims to develop 449 farmers from the region to access greater revenues
USAID Pakistan:
3. USAID Firms Project encourages adoption of best management practices and peach farming techniques through the use of model agricultural implements that results in more production
USAID Pakistan:
4. In-kind support in the form of pruning kits, harvesting kits and corrugated cartons have been provided to farmers to ensure minimum damage to fruit during harvesting
USAID Pakistan:
5. USAID has facilitated meetings between the buyers and peach SMEs and is assisting them meet the standards required by large-scale buyers through trainings
USAID Pakistan:
6. An expected 100 jobs will be created through this intervention with a yield increase per hectare of 10 percent for Year 1.