[{"bbox": [85, 152, 604, 187], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 3 DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION"}, {"bbox": [247, 219, 670, 251], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.1 Objectives and Expected Outputs"}, {"bbox": [97, 265, 1135, 346], "category": "Text", "text": "This Action results from an initiative of the Government of Pakistan, the Government of KP, and the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to support a sustainable rural economic transformation in the province by developing its agribusiness potential to increase sustainable income and jobs."}, {"bbox": [97, 357, 1135, 491], "category": "Text", "text": "KP-RET project targets sustainable, natural resource-based, green and decent job creation by tapping into the potential of private sector in sustainable agriculture value chains, and will result in increased sustainable income and jobs for the most vulnerable populations. With the EU contribution, the overall KP-RET project will be in a position to ensure impact on some of the most vulnerable communities in rural areas, including communities hosting refugees and refugees alike."}, {"bbox": [97, 502, 1135, 557], "category": "Text", "text": "The **Overall Objective** of this action is to reduce poverty, improve food and nutrition security, and strengthen resilience of rural households in the province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa."}, {"bbox": [97, 568, 1135, 623], "category": "Text", "text": "The Specific Objective is to improve sustainably rural households' income through climate-resilient, high-value agriculture and off-farm/non-farm employment opportunities with a focus on youth and women."}, {"bbox": [97, 634, 976, 662], "category": "Text", "text": "The Outputs to be delivered by this Action contributing to the Specific Objective are as follows:"}, {"bbox": [173, 672, 1135, 727], "category": "List-item", "text": "1. Enhanced capacity of smallholder farmers for implementing environmentally sustainable agricultural practices and increased market access."}, {"bbox": [208, 731, 1135, 839], "category": "Text", "text": "This component aims to improve sustainably productivity and income of small farmers through agribusiness development particularly for high value and niche crops, tapping on the province's comparative advantage, investing in capacity building and improved service delivery, and supporting Professional Farmers' Organizations (PFOs) to enter into Public-Private Producer Partnerships (4Ps)."}, {"bbox": [173, 850, 1135, 905], "category": "List-item", "text": "2. Improved skills of rural households to obtain jobs and engage in entrepreneurship in the agricultural sector, with a focus on youth, women, refugees and migrants."}, {"bbox": [208, 910, 1135, 1097], "category": "Text", "text": "The Economic Graduation and Employment component is designed to support youth for employment and self-employment/entrepreneurship in agriculture and other emerging sectors in the province through a range of activities tailored to the needs and interests of different target groups. Technical and vocational training will be organised to develop agribusiness related skills corresponding to the specific needs and actual roles of the individuals and institutions supported. 5,000 students will be trained every year and supported to secure jobs or launch their own business through a job placement programme in collaboration with private sector and start-up grants."}, {"bbox": [173, 1108, 1135, 1189], "category": "List-item", "text": "3. Strengthened provincial government's capacity for policy dialogue and reform, with a focus on areas related to farmers organisations and agricultural development: Farmer Services Centre Act, Cooperatives Act, Seeds Act, nutrition and food security policy"}, {"bbox": [97, 1194, 1135, 1381], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action will cover 785,000 households (4.35 million persons), which correspond to 15% of the estimated rural population in KP. This will include 196,250 (25%) women and 9.000 Afghan refugee households (50,000 people - 15% of total refugees living in rural areas in KP). As a result of the direct support provided by the Action for Agribusiness Development, Skills Development and Employment Promotion, or indirectly from improved service delivery by public sector, an estimated 75% (588,750 households) of the targeted households are expected to achieve increase in their income. Additionally, the Action will support Government of Pakistan and EU' priority of consolidation of the recent peace, stability and development gains in the province."}, {"bbox": [97, 1405, 477, 1433], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### What are other MS doing in this area?"}, {"bbox": [97, 1444, 1135, 1551], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action will benefit from complementarities with interventions by Germany and Italy. In order to build resilience to climate change, Germany is working on an afforestation programme (EUR 13.5 million) in support to Government's Ten Billion Tree initiative. In Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Italy is focusing on sustainable access to water through a EUR 17.62 million soft loan to expand irrigated areas in North Waziristan district."}, {"bbox": [1038, 1680, 1144, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 8 of 24"}]