Mansehra Village Support Project

Despite a good potential for agricultural development, this area remains impoverished. Many farming households are not self-sufficient in basic foodstuffs and are dependent on other sources of income. In some areas accelerated soil erosion is reducing the amount of land available for cultivation, threatening food security. The project’s objective was to help communities initiate and sustain rural development. Specifically, it aimed to:

• improve productivity through the introduction of new technologies and land use systems
• help form village and women’s organizations
• help develop small-scale enterprises and marketing and processing systems

The project helped increase crop yields and milk production. The number of the poorest farmers was reduced by about 69 per cent.

Source: IFAD

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In this section Project overview Documents Webpage on ENRAP Contact information Mr Ya Tian Country programme manager IFAD Via Paolo di Dono, 44 00142 Rome, Italy Tel: +39 0654592062 Fax: +39 0654593062 y.tian@ifad.org Facts and figures Total cost: US$24.2 million IFAD loan: US$14.5 million Duration: 1993-2000 Geographical area: Mansehra district Directly benefiting: 21,000 households Cofinancing: Islamic Development Bank (US$5.4 million) Status: closed