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OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER

DIVISIONAL MONITORING OFFICE


PESHAWAR DIVISION, PESHAWAR
Page 1 of 8 MONITORING REPORT OF AGRICULTURE EXTENSION DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIVITIES IN NOWSHERA. A field visit to Agriculture Extension Department Nowshera was made on 21 & 22 January 2011 along with Divisional Monitoring Officer to monitor the physical and financial progress of developmental schemes of sector in the district. Before proceedings of the visit a meeting conducted with District Officer Agriculture in his office at Nowshera also attended by the Agriculture Officer, Field Assistants and discusses the physical and financial progress of the sector. The following schemes were identified for detail inspection i. ii. iii. Establishment of Modal Fruit Orchard in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa according to ecological zones. (534 / 60288). Vegetables promotion in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. (537 / 80602). Increasing productivity of major crops (Cereal) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (538/80603). (Schemes wise monitoring report is as under) 1Establishment of Modal Fruit Orchard in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa according to ecological zones. (534 / 60288)

The scheme has been approved for a total cost of Rs.25.00 million in a DDWP meeting held on 29.9.2006. An expenditure of Rs.15.291 millions has been incurred on the scheme up to June 2010. The Project will be completed up to June 2011.The allocation of Rs.9.709 million has been made for ADP of current financial year 2011. This has to be implemented in the districts namely Dir upper, Abbottabad, Malakand, Swat, Mansehra, Charsadda, Kohat, Chitral, Nowshera, Peshawar, D I Khan, Bannu, Bunir and Haripur in the current plantation season February, March 2011. The climate of Nowshera is very suitable for the production of Citrus as well as other fruit crops. The target given to the District was 100 acres Citrus Orchards and 100 Acres Apricot fruit plantation as modal Orchards. The main objectives of the project are to improve the socio economic status of the poor families by providing them high yielding/improved varieties of fruit plants. To establish modal fruit orchards in the district which will serve as progeny and will be used for further distribution of improved fruit plants amongst the farming community and to replace indigenous varieties. It will also help in the extending technology to the farmers and fruit growers in their own fields. . Year wise Physical/ Financial achievement. According to verbal statement of Field Assistant Mr. Sanaullah who is controlling day to day business of the Office. The total releases under the project to Nowshera was 1.05 million which is 100% utilized up to June 2010.For the year 2010-11 Rs.0.25 million is released and the utilization will be made in the spring plantation 2011. No 12 The Mall, Peshawar Cantt: Phone & Fax No. 091-9212966

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Page 2 of 8 detail record was available with the office concerned. The responsible Field Assistant responded that most of the record has been damaged by heavy flood. S.NO 1 2 3 4 5 Year 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 Budget Rs.0.30 Rs.0.25 Rs.0.25 Rs.0.25 Rs.0.25 Expenditure Rs.0.30 Rs.0.25 Rs.0.25 Rs.0.25 Nil Physical Achievement 20 acres Citrus 20 acres Apricot 20 acres Citrus 20 acres Apricot 20 acres Citrus 20 acres Apricot 20 acres Citrus 20 acres Apricot 20 acres Citrus 20 acres Apricot Balance Rs0.30 Rs.0.25 Rs.0.25 Rs.0.25 Feb/March

Analysis/Recommendations. 1. According to approved PC-1, the project modal fruit orchards at farmers field will be laid out in order to introduce improved varieties of Fruits as per ecological condition and training will be arranged for farmers about modern technology & establishment of modal orchards in the district. During the field visit it has been observed that the department has purchased only Citrus and Apricot fruit sapling for District Nowshera and distributed among the farmers through the District Officer for the targeted area without providing technical guidance to the farmers. 2. During the monitoring visit it was observed that no record has been properly maintained by the District Office. Similarly no TOP signed with farmer regarding the modal Orchard establishment. At the site visit of Akbar Pura Circle the Agriculture Officer informed that out of 33 Orchards plantation (One Acre each) only 13 Orchards are still intact and the remaining is completely damaged. The well established orchard shown by Agriculture Officer Akbar Pura was found also in a very poor condition and almost 40% of the plants are missing. Photographs are as under.

Plum orchard at Akbar Pura

Citrus orchard at Hawayi Nowshera

3. During monitoring visit it has been observed that the amount allocated for field days was 100% utilized by the department, while there was no record available with the officials concerned. Regarding POL the allocated budget was also utilized and

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Page 3 of 8 the concerned responsible Official informed that DRR/ Vehicle Log Book has damaged due to flood. It is recommended that all the record should be properly maintained and ensures the availability of Vehicle Log Book/DRR by the department in future to facilitate the monitoring team. 4. Regarding fallow up visits by the technical staff of the department for the activities it has been observed that no fallow up visit was made by the department Officials even the Agriculture Officer could not conduct a single visit to the modal orchards due to non availability of vehicle. It is recommended that the District Officer Agriculture extension should share the vehicle with Agriculture Officers concerned for departmental activities to achieve the project goal. 5. During monitoring visit it was observed that TORs for establishment of modal orchards were not available with the respective District Officer Agriculture while in the PC-I it was the responsibility of the District Officer to develop TORs for the proper implementation of the project. Similarly there was no work plan available with the department to conduct the activities according to the desire level. It is recommended that proper implementation strategy must be devised by concerned Officer in future. It is further recommended that the department may ensure the availability of an officer/technical Field Assistant at the time of lay out/ plantation for proper implementation. 2Vegetables promotion in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. (537 / 80602)

The schemes has been approved for a total cost of Rs.39.940millions by DDWP in a meeting held on 24/9/2008.An expenditure of Rs.8.00 millions has been incurred on the schemes up to June 2009.An allocation of Rs.10.00 millions has been made for the current financial year 2010-11. Vegetable promotion is one of the most important activities to ensure vegetable production and generate the income of poor farmers as well as ensure availability of vegetables for the consumption on daily basis to the ordinary consumers in province. The main broad objectives of the scheme are as under. Enhancement of productivity in agriculture sector through increasing per unit yield of vegetables (high value crops) Improving food security of the province. Poverty alleviation and improving the socio economic condition of the farmers in rural areas through increasing crop income. Environment protection through good agriculture practices.

During the year 2009-10 the budget released to the District Officer Nowshera was Rs.281820/= and the expenditure made by the department was Rs.281820/= up to June 2010 which is 100%. The releases for the current financial year 2010-11 to Nowshera District Officer on share basis is Rs.174320/- (First installment) and 2nd installment releases is still pending which will be utilized up to June 2011.According to verbal statement of Mr. Sanaullah Field Assistant the department was laid out 35 plots 12 The Mall, Peshawar Cantt: Phone & Fax No. 091-9212966

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Page 4 of 8 of Off-Season Vegetables and 32 plot of Seasonal vegetables during the year 200910, while during the current financial year 32 plots for Off-Season Vegetables are laid out up till now and the remaining target will be achieved up to June 2011. The detail list of Off-Season Vegetables plots laid out during the current year is as under. S. Name and address No 1 Hazrat Khan, Zara Miana Manki 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Crop/variety Date of sowing 2-1-2011 -do-do-do-do-do3-01-2011 -do4-01-2011 -do5-01-2011 -do4-01-2011 -do5-01-2011 -do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do4-01-2011 -do5-01-2011 3-01-2011 2-01-2011 -do-doSowing area One Kanal -do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do2 Kanal -do1 Kanal -do-do-do2 Kanal -do-do-do-do-

Squash, Quetta F-I Wali Rehman, -do-doPervaiz Ahmad, -do-doSaid Rehman, -do-doRiaz, Hamid Abad Akora Khattak -doAbdur Rehman, Akora Khattak -doMian Asghar Shah, Mira Akora -doHawayi Sahib Shah, Mira Akora -doNiaz Ali Khan, PTC Colony -doGhazanfar Ali, PTC Colony -doShams-ur-Rehman, Adamzai -doAbdul Jalil, Admazai -doMuhammad Sadiq Khattak, Nari -doJehangira Zafar Khan, -do -doMaroof Khan, Dobandi Jehangira -doKachkor Khan, Nari Jehangira -doSharif Gul, Jehangira -doSher Alam, Shaidu -doMujahid Khan, -do-doMurad Khan, -do-doAzmat, Khudrezai -doImran Din, -do-doKhan Rashid, Amankot -doAjmal Shah, Khaski Drab -doSaid Rehman, Speen Khak -doSaid Hassan, Khair Abad, Rashki -doNor Hussain, -do-doHista Robina, sohbat Killi Zando -doTajag, Monda Ghaza Zando -doSajid Ali, Benazir Camp, Risalpur -doRaj Muhammad, Aman Ghari -doGul Hussain, -do-do-

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Page 5 of 8 Analysis / Recommendations. 1. During the monitoring visit it was observed that no proper record was available with the Department. On query the responsible official informed that all the record was washed away during flood. Anyhow, hand written list of vegetables for the year 2010-11 was provided by the Field Assistant. It is recommended that proper record must be maintained by the Department to facilitate the Monitoring Team. 2. During monitoring it has been also observed that seed purchased for off season vegetables are too late and supplied to the farmer community without proper guidance. As a result most of the plots planted very late and sowing was made through traditional practices which are against the project policy and unable to achieve the required goals. It is recommended that the Department ensure timely availability of vegetable seed and other inputs for off season vegetables to achieve the target qualitatively photographs are as under.

Vegetable plot at Hawayi Nowshera

Vegetable plot Akora Khattak

Vegetable plot at Khaishkai

Vegetable plot at Rashki

3. During the visit it has also been noticed that only squash (Tenda) seed has been provided to the farmers while there is a huge demand for other important off seasonal crops like cucumber, tomatoes, chilies etc. It is recommended that the Department should concentrate on the farmers demand and other important vegetable crops which are high income generating for the farming community to improve the income of the poor farmers.

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4. Regarding plastic sheets for vegetable plots, the department has not yet provided any plastic sheets to the farmers to cover the vegetable plots. The farmers have purchased the plastic sheets on their own expenses. On query, the concerned officer responded that plastic sheets will be provided later on which is totally against the activity as there will be no need of plastic sheets in the warm season. It is also noted that no technical staff was available at the time of sowing in order to provide useful guidance. It is recommended that every effort should be made to facilitate the farmers for their farm crops to enhance the yield. 5. Under the head of Farmers training the department has claimed that they have conducted two training courses regarding vegetable growing, but no record has produced by the department to the monitoring team. Similarly the record of staff training and Field days was also not available with the department which shows that the department is doing nothing at the district level. The Director General Agriculture Extension may conduct an enquiry against the concerned Officials.

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Increasing productivity of major crops (Cereal) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (538/80603).

The scheme has been approved for a total cost of Rs.12.972 millions in a DDWP meeting held on 24.9.2008. An expenditure of Rs.5.263 millions has been incurred on the scheme up to June 2010 and allocation of Rs.4.327 millions has been made of ADP for the current financial year 2010-11. Project objectives: The objectives of the Agriculture Sector are to enhance production of agricultural commodities, alleviate poverty in rural aeas & promotion of environment friendly farming through using Good Agricultural Practices. Enhance & ensure availability of quality seed and all inputs to the farmers. The proposed PC-I is therefore in line with the sectors objectives. Enhancement of productivity of wheat & maize crops. Production of quality seed of wheat & maize. Extension of crop / seed production technology to the farmers. Poverty alleviation through increase in productivity.

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Page 7 of 8 Physical targets: A. Overall physical activities to be carried out under the project.

S.No. Item 1 2 3 Wheat D/Plots (Acres) Maize D/Plots (Acres) Total: Farmers to be trained i. Wheat Crop (24 Dist. X 60 Nos) ii. Maize C rop (22 Dist. X 60 Nos) Crop Production guideline i. Wheat Crop (24 Dist. X 1000 Nos circulars) ii. Maize C rop (22 Dist. X 1000 Nos circulars)

1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 416 378 342 234 213 193 650 591 535 1440 1320 24000 22000 1440 1320 24000 22000 1440 1320 24000 22000

Total 1136 640 1776 4320 3960 72000 66000

B. FARMERS TRAININGS: In each district training of farmers will be conducted by the Agriculture Field Staff. Crop Wheat Maize Distt (No) One training (in each distt) One training (in each distt) Duration One day One day No. Of Farmers 50-60 50-60

Each training will be organised just before start of the crop season. Training schedule will be prepared by the District Officer Agriculture. Subject matter will include important / technical tips on land preparation, sowing time, sowing techniques, seed rate, characteristics of crop varieties to be sown, number of irrigations, time & quantity, fertilizer application technology, weedicides, their application techniques, rogueing (removal of off type plants), thinning in maize crops to maintain required number of plants per unit, knowledge of proper crop maturity, harvesting, threshing/shelling and storage conditions etc. Light refreshment will be served to the participants during training. A guide line circular on wheat and maize crop production will be prepared and distributed by the District Officer Agriculture. At least 1000 copies on each subject will be circulated/distributed in each district per year. Physical/ Financial progress. The statement given by District Officer Agriculture Nowshera shows that during the year 2009-10 Rs. 185570/- were released to the department and the expenditure was Rs. 61000/- while the physical achievement was 21 acres wheat Seed Multiplication Plots and 11 acres Maize kharif crop. During the year 2010-11 Rs. 110250/- have been released as first installment and the expenditure was Rs. 39900/on 21 acres Wheat SMP and the remaining amount will be utilized up to June 2011.

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Page 8 of 8 Analysis and Recommendations: 1. During the field visit of farmer Mr. Farmanullah Khan Resident of Khaishki, it has been observed that the Department has supplied only wheat seed to the farmer without fertilizers/pesticides and there was no technical staff member present at the time of sowing. It is recommended that the department should ensure the availability of at least a Field Assistant at the time of crop sowing to conduct the activity according to the desired level. Photographs of the field are as under.

Site of wheat SMP field at Khaishki Nowshera. 2. According to the PC-I, the target was assigned to the department to train the 50-60 farmers in wheat and maize crops. During the field visit and record checking no record was available with the department related to the training of farmers. It is recommended that the District Office should take proper action and develop strategy to train the farmers for their income generation in the major cereal crops. 3. The Agriculture Officer explained that the Federal Seed Certification and Registration Department will conduct regular visits during the standing crops and at the time of harvesting to certify the seed. Anyhow, visit has not been made till now by the FSCR Department and also by the execution department for follow up since sowing of the crop. It is recommended that visits should be made by the technical staff on regular basis for follow up of the activity.

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