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Farrukh Toirov, who hails from Tajikistan, has been serving as the Deputy Representative of FAO Pakistan for the past five years. The opportunity to work in Pakistan was a perfect fit for him as it allowed him to work in one of the largest country offices of FAO in the...

A three-day exposure visit to Punjab was organized for 20 farmers hailing from Bajaur, Mohmand, Khyber, Orakzai, and Torghar districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. This visit was organized as part of the "Alternative Livelihoods through High-Value Crops Project (ALOP)," funded by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs...

FAO Pakistan commemorated the International Women's Day 2023 (IWD) with great zeal, focusing on the theme of "DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality." Employing both conventional and modern communication techniques, such as panel discussions, social media campaigns, and radio programs, FAO accentuated the importance of facilitating women's access to...

A year and a half ago, Amin Malik, Monitoring & Evaluation Officer based in FAO Rome, introduced a new tool in Pakistan called Resilience Index Measurement & Analysis (RIMA). It is a quantitative tool developed by FAO about 12 years ago to measure the level of rural households’ ability to...

As Pakistan continue to be on the top of countries affected by climatic hazards and nearly 40 percent of the country’s population relies on the highly vulnerable to climate change agriculture sector, there is an increasing need to proactively respond to shocks and disasters. Instead of waiting for shocks and...