Workshop organised to discuss FAO s Livestock Action Plan for Sindh
PPI
February 15, 2021
HYDERABAD:
Research and innovation are key to transforming the livestock sector and realising its potential in Pakistan, said the United Nation s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) livestock policy specialist Khawar Parvez Awan on Friday.
He expressed these views while presenting a proposed Livestock Action Plan for Sindh during a public consultation workshop organised by the FAO and Sindh Livestock and Fisheries Department to validate the plan under the Sindh Agriculture Policy 2018-30.
Awan told the participants of the session that breed improvements and a preventive approach to animal health and disease management could increase profits.
The federal and provincial governments need to arrive at compromises that meet the needs of fishing operations carried out on different scales, nutritional needs of people, and economic aspirations of fishing communities, said the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) policy officer Genevieve Hussain.
Manoj GenaniPublished 22 Jan, 2021 07:52pm
This week, a landmark amendment passed by the Sindh province’s legislative assembly recognised for the first time the role of women farmers in water management. The Sindh Water Management (Amendment) Bill, 2018 now guarantees women’s representation in around 45,000 water course associations, over 350 farmer organisations, and 14 area water boards in the province. It has been a long battle to create an historic change.
Dhani Bux, a farmer and advocate for efficient water management in his district Badin, was one of many men demanding a share of water in the ‘tail-end areas’ of the Sindh province. For the last decade, Bux and his fellow farmers have faced a serious scarcity of water that has turned their fertile lands in Badin and Thatta barren and spurred mass migration. He is the leader of the District Badin Alliance, formed after legislation titled the ‘Sindh Water Management Ordinance’ (SWMO) was passed in 2002 which req