A new project by the United States Agency for International Developmentand the Agribusiness Support Fund — a locally registered development organization in Pakistan — aims to boost the country’s agricultural sector.

The Agribusiness Project worth $90 million is expected to increase the competitiveness and productivity of the country’s horticulture and livestock subsectors, which generate the largest share of revenues worldwide.

The project, which will span five years, will help improve productivity and product quality through technical assistance programs meant for 62,500 farmers and 2,500 agribusiness stakeholders, and create 1.3 million jobs. It will also leverage $320 million by the private sector through cost-sharing support to 45,000 Farmer Enterprise Group members, 100 associations and cooperatives, 250 individual and corporate farmers, 40 extension providers, 140 small and medium enterprises, and eight companies.

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