Farmers get assistance from LASOONA to help revive agriculture industry

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Flood affected farmers of Swat Shangla and Kohistan were provided Rabi season Agriculture Inputs and tools.

Lasoona has distributed comprehensive agriculture inputs and tools packages among 2250 farmers in 7affected union councils of districts Swat, Shangla and Kohistan with the financial assistance of BMZ (Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation of Germany) and Welthungerhilfe (Formerly German Agro Action.

LASOONA Completed Training of FSAs

LASOONA has completed training of 27 Female Sales Agents (FSAs) under its USAID funded Embellished Fabrics Value Chain Project.

LASOONA signed Project Agreement with Welthungerhilfe

LASOONA signed agreement with the Germany based organization: Welthungerhilfe (formerly known as German Agro Action) for the Project title :Sustainable Agricutture Rehabilitation to ensure Food Security & Disater Prevention in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa".

Early Livelihood Recovery Project completed

The project was a joint venture of Lasoona and Welthungerhilfe and co-financed by by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation (BMZ) with the overall goal “To restore livelihoods of the flood affected population on the pre flood situation”.

Farmers get assistance from LASOONA to help revive agriculture industry

Date: 10 Jun, 2010 - Views: 555

Lasoona, a local NGO is supporting farmers in Swat by providing coupons for Rs 12,000 worth of agricultural equipment. The Lasoona project manager says it is up to the farmers to decide what to buy from specified shops in Mingora. The report also hears from farmers who say they have bought fertilizer, tools, and a sewing machine.

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