Model plot of total food intake at household level
Food security is a huge challenge in the world because according to the 2023 Global Hunger Index report, 828 million people in the world are undernourished. There is a deficit. According to this report of the time 2022, Pakistan ranks 99th in the hunger ranking. If you look at the 1980s Pakistan was self-sufficient in food security and product. In the history, growers used to grow not only crops but also wheat, wheat to meet their food needs. Cultivated maize, rice, pulses, fruits and various fodder for animals and was familiar with methods of preserving wheat and vegetables.
The people living in the townlets were well aware of poultry and animal husbandry and the marketing of the products obtained from them. But due to increasing population, climate change, natural calamities and ignorance about modern technology, most of Pakistan's population is facing food deficit.
Working on “Capacity Improvement Project through Food and Nutrition Security”. Which one It aims to provide essential information on food-based farming, natural resource management, water treatment and sanitation and the vulnerable sections of the society. Integrating agriculture, nutrition and natural resource management with evidence-based policy recommendations at the provincial and national levels, promoting cross-sectoral outcomes, particularly among women and children, and farm food consumption.
Growers are facing decline in product due to lack of knowledge about modern technology. To solve the problems of growers, expose them to modern technology, better use of natural resources and promote sustainable agriculture, "smart AGRIHUB" has provided smallholder growers to produce all their food on their land from 1 acre to 1 acre. A system of obtaining food has been introduced. It is a concept in which small growers meet not only the food needs of their family on one acre of land. Rather, they can also get fodder for their animals. Along with this, you can also increase your sources of income.
A grower can get maximum yield by adopting good management practices on this land. In this way, a grower can meet his summer and winter requirements by dividing an actor in this way. 4 kanal of rice, 1 kanal of fodder, 1 kanal of oilseeds, 1 kanal of various types of vegetables and fruit trees can get its food. Thus he can divide the plot for cultivation in such a way that he grows 4 kanals of wheat, 1 kanal of fodder, 1 kanal of pulses, 1 kanal of oilseeds, 1 kanal of vegetables. Ferro and bifermet can be used for water conservation and soil fertility.
By following the methods prescribed by the growers, they meet the nutritional needs of their families.
For Rabi crop:
Fruit plants and honey plants 1st
- Lucerne a kanal for fodder
- Canola A kanal for oilseeds
- A kanal of winter vegetables are a bunch of carrots, radishes, fenugreek, spinach, and fennel, turnips
- Dal Masoor one kanal
- Four kanals wheat crop
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For Rabi Crop |
For Kharif crop:
Fruit plants and honey plants 2nd
- Millet for fodder one kanal
- Sesame A Kanal for Oily Commodities
- A kanal of summer vegetables Karela, Tenda, Tandi, Okra, Zucchini Ghia pumpkin, cucumber, wood Dal Mungi one kanal
- Four kanals of rice crop
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| For Kharif Crop |