Name of the project

Prime Minister’s Initiative for Backyard Poultry

Location

The project will be executed throughout Pakistan (Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Balochistan) including Islamabad          Capital Territory (ICT), Gilgit Baltistan (GB) and Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK)

Authorities responsible for:

Sponsoring:

Ministry of National Food Security & Research Islamabad.

Execution:

  1. All provincial Livestock and Dairy Development Departments
  2. Livestock departments of AJK, GB, and ICT
  3. Livestock and Dairy Development Board (LDDB) Islamabad
  • Operation and maintenance:
  1. Livestock & Dairy Development Department, Punjab
  2. Director General (Research),
  3. Director General (Extension),
  4. Director of Poultry Research Institute, Rawalpindi
  5. Livestock and Fisheries Development Department Sindh
  6. Director-General Livestock
  7. Poultry Production and Research Karachi Livestock and Dairy Development Department  KP
  8. Director General (Ext.) Livestock and Dairy Dev. Depart. KP
  9. Director of Livestock Production
  10. Livestock and Dairy Development Department Balochistan
  11. Livestock & Dairy Development Department ICT
  12. Directorate of Agriculture Extension Services
  13. Chief Commissioner, Islamabad
  14. Islamabad Capital Territory Administration (ICTA), Islamabad.
  15. Department of Livestock & Dairy Development AJK
    1. Director-General Livestock & Dairy Development AJK
    2. Senior Poultry Research Officer

16. Agriculture, Livestock and Dairy Development, GB

Director of Livestock and Dairy Development GB

 Federal Govt.                 Rs. 279.331million

Provincial Govt.              Rs. 349.30   million

Beneficiary share            Rs.1,006.84 million

Total                               Rs.1,635.471 million

Project objectives and its relationship with sector objectives

Backyard poultry farming is the main source of supply of meat and eggs for millions of rural households in Pakistan. It has been estimated that more than 87.16 million rural poultry birds have reared annually in the country (Economic Survey of Pakistan, 2017-18). However, due to low genetic ability, poor management, lack of balanced nutrition and disease prevention, the per head production of meat and eggs is very low. The overall objective of this project is to enhance the productivity of poultry meat and eggs by strengthening backyard poultry flocks through the provision of high producing 5.00 million birds on 30 percent subsidy throughout the country including AJK, ICT, and GB in next 4 years. The specific objectives of this project include:

  1. Strengthening of backyard poultry through the provision of high producing birds
  2. Addressing protein deficiency and malnutrition
  3. Capacity building of households and field staff throughout Pakistan

   Physical Progress Report Backyard Poultry Project

 Report updated up to:      30-06-2022

Region

/Province

 PC 1 Targets Birds Distributed in FY 2019-20 & 2021 Birds Distributed in FY 2021-22 Cumulative targets achieved in 3 Years % Achievement No of Beneficiaries in 3 Years Number of Beneficiaries Trained
Punjab 2,000,000      736,896   396,018   1,132,914 57% 160,299 28,339
Sindh 1,000,000 –
KPK 1,000,000      703,158   525684   1,228,842 100% 180,949 152,599
Baluchistan 500,000 320,000 159,000 479000 96% 44,490 32,000
AJK 250,000 95,095 45,506 140,601 56% 28,462 13,903
GB 150,000 40,383 34,410 74793 50% 10,762 2162
ICT 100,000 12,690 9000 21,690 22% 3615 3100
Total 5,000,000 1,908, 222 11,69,618 30,77,840 61 % with & 77% without Sindh 428,577 232,103