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Presented by
Naila Sajjad
10-arid-1766
PhD Biochemistry
Corporate Farming(CF)
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To stop land fragmentation for the cost effective use of modern machinery
As the small farmers of Pakistan are unable to adapt new technologies and
cannot afford the costly inputs required to get optimum yield from new
crop varieties
The idea of Corporate Farming was to cultivate all waste Lands in Pakistan
by bringing foreign corporations, which Would cultivate these lands by
modern technologies by
Employing local labor
at attractive wages
train local People
pay local taxes
develop roads and communication net-works, and bring prosperity at
nominal profits to themselves
Government had identified 6.764 million acres of State lands for leasing to
different corporations
Baluchistan
0.1 million
acres
Sindh
29,842
acres
Punjab
6.631
million
acres
Khyber
pukhtunkh
wa 2,449
acres
Production
and
marketing
of mutton
Animal feed
production
and
marketing
Food
packaging
Deep sea
fishing and
its
processing
Processing
and
packaging
of milk
The size of the proposed corporate farm may be left to be determined by the
prospective investor.
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State land can be purchased, or leased for 50 years through open auction,
extendable for another 49 years
All banks and financial institutions will earmark separate credit share for
Corporate Agriculture Farming (CAF)
Farm income given more favorable treatment than income from other
sources
Land development / reclamation of barren land, desert and hilly areas for
agriculture purpose and crop farming.
Reclamation of water Front Areas/ Creeks.
Crops, Fruits, Vegetables, Flowers Farming / Integrated Agriculture
(Cultivation and processing of crops).
Processing of agriculture products.
Modernization and development of irrigation facilities and water
management.
Plantation/ Forestry.
Dairy, small ruminants (sheep, goat) and other livestock farming.
The President of Pakistan conveyed the approval of this policy in 2002 and
directed MINFAL to coordinate with the concerned Ministries/Divisions
and Provincial Governments to expedite its implementation
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To pursue the implementation of the CAF policy package, the Prime
Minister, in a meeting held on October 29, 2004 at PM Secretariat with
minister for food, agriculture and live stock directed that status of
implementation of CAF policy package be placed for the consideration of
cabinet
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Foreign equity under CAF has been raised from 60% to 100%
Lower profit
for farming
household
Higher
environmen
tal cost
Reduced
nutrition
Risk of
monopolisti
c
economies
China
Saudi Arabia
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), which imports 85% of its food,
purchased 324,000 hectares of Farmland in the Punjab, Sindh and
Baluchistan Provinces in June 2008
Besides, the two UAE firms, Emirates Investments Group also expressed
their interest in investing directly for corporate farming
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Conclusions
It will enhance the use of highly advanced technology and will also
develop our farm-market infrastructure and will also increase agricultural
products export
References