PROJECT ORGANIZATION
The headquarters of the Livestock & Dairy Development
Department, the agency responsible for the Project, is located inPeshawar, while the Project office has been set up in Abbottabad,where a full-time Project Manager and five veterinary officers havebeen posted.

PROJECT SITE
The Islamic Republic of Pakistan is bordered on the east by India and on
the west by Afghanistan and Iran. Pakistan was founded in 1947 and isa federal state consisting of four provinces and diverse ethnic groups.
The target area of the project, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, is locatedin the northwest of Pakistan, bordering the capital city of Islamabad.
The total area of the province is about 75,000km2, mostly mountainousor hilly with few plains. More than 70% of the province’s households
own large livestock such as cattle and buffaloes, and the province
produces 6 million tons of milk annually.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Livestock & Dairy Development Department,
Islamic Republic of Pakistan

The selected
three districts,
Hazara region,are following:◇ Abbottabad◇ Mansehra◇ Haripur

IMPLEMENTATION POLICY
Appropriate Assignment of Japanese Experts

Guidance on livestock technology will be led by a Dairy Technology
Development Specialist who will make best use of the experienceof experts in Fodder Development/Feeding Management,
Reproduction/Animal Health/Artificial Insemination and MilkMarketing. Extension will be led by an experienced Extension
specialist working with Assistant Training Planning and AssistantGender Mainstreaming.

Efficient and Effective Implementation of the Project

Platform Meeting will be held once a year, starting from the second
year of the project, invite the Department of the Livestock & Dairy
Development Department, NGOs and other relevant institutions
and universities. The main output of the Project, such as thedevelopment of appropriate technology, and good practices ofextension and marketing of milk and dairy products, will be sharedand opinions exchanged in order to develop a mechanism for
future extension.

Establishment of Communication

Because Japanese experts are restricted to visit Peshawar, thecentre of decision making, due to security reasons, the focal
person will visit the Project site on a regular basis to share
information with the Director General. In addition, progress isshared at technical meetings held every three months, and Project
policy, content and activity plans are decided through the Joint
Coordination Committee (JCC).

Contact:
The Project Office

Civil Veterinary Hospital, Jaharian Road/Murre Road, Abbottabad,Pakistan
Phone: (+92)922-390910

JICA Pakistan Office

4th Floor, Serena Office Complex, Plot No. 17, Ramna 5, Khayaban-eSuhrawardy, G-5/1, Islamabad, Pakistan
Phone (+92-51) 9244500 07
Mail pt_oso_rep@jica.go.jp

JICA Rural Development Department, Headquarters
Nibancho Center Building 5-25, Niban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Phone: (+81) 3-5226-3159

Tropical Livestock Consultant, Inc.
2-12-15, Nishitomi, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
Phone: (+81) 466-27-7830
Email: tlc-inc@tl-consultant.jp

The Project forLivelihood Improvement
through Livestock Development
in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
in collaboration withJapan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

THE PROJECT FOR LIVELIHOOD IMPROVEMENT
THROUGH LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT
IN KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA
The Livestock sector in Pakistan is a backbone of Pakistan’s
economy, and it contributes about 60% of Agricultural GDP and
about 12% of total GDP. Pakistan is one of the world prominent
countries in terms of the livestock population and production ofmilk; there are about 43 million cattle (7th largest in the world),
about 36.6 million buffaloes (2nd largest), about 70 million goats(4rd largest), and 29 million sheep (10th largest). The production ofmilk in Pakistan ranks 4th in the world with about 39.7 million tonsof annual production.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, the target province of the Project,holds about 8 million of cattle and buffaloes which is almost double
the total number of cattle owned in Japan.
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, more than 80 % of thepopulation derive their livelihood from agriculture and livestock
farming. Particularly, as milk and meat are the main sources of foodand income, Livestock farming is important for them.
The majority of the livestock farmers are categorized as small-scale
livestock farmers who own 2-3 heads cattle or buffaloes. Livestock
production is a source of cash income, an asset, and a valuable
source of animal protein for rural workers, including farmers andwomen. However, the average production of milk in Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa Province is low due to poor livestock nutrition, poor
feeding conditions and inadequate reproductive management. The
Livestock development through selection of appropriatetechnology, development of extension infrastructure for smallscale livestock farmers, and Improvement of productivity isexpected to make a significant contribution to reducing economic
and social inequalities, stabilizing and developing the region.

THE PROJECT PURPOSE
The Project aims that “The services to support increased production of
fresh milk and dairy products by small-scale livestock farmers areimproved in the target areas”. In order to achieve the objective, theProject has set up following 3 outputs.

Appropriate technologies
development and extension

Output 1:

Development and Verification of Appropriate Technology
The Project will develop appropriate dairy technology, which haveconditions, high effect, low cost and easy which fit to current
situation of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province by working with pilotfarmers. The Project will verify livestock techniques in each of thefollowing seven areas: how farmers can reduce stress of theirlivestock and increase milk production and improve their income
with affordable materials for rural farmers. In Pakistan, as women
have traditionally had an important role in livestock rearing, thedifferent roles of men and women will be taken into account todevelop techniques and management method.

Duration

4 years January 2021 to January 2025

Implementing Agency

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Livestock & Dairy
Development Department

Milk marketing
demonstration

Output 3:

Improvement of Milk Marketing
Much of the milk produced in the target area is consumed athome and a small amount is sold within a small community. A
small group of farmers in the suburbs of the capital collect milkand sell it to urban consumers and milk shops. This project will
identify these good practices, try out a pilot project, andpresent the results in a policy proposal.

Farm Management
Milk Marketing
Appropriate
Technologies

Feeding Management
FodderReproduction
Animal Health
Genetic Improvement

The Project aims to create a system in which the appropriate dairy
technology, developed and verified in Output 1, are efficiently andeffectively disseminated to small-scale farmers in the pilot district
through district public and private technicians.

Small-scale livestock farmers who regularly rearing 5 or less than 5heads of livestock

Human resource development(capacity and motivation)

PROJECT COMPONENTS AND OUTPUTS

Output 2:
Extension of Appropriate Technology

Major Target Group

Development of the Foundation for Dairy Development

The Project on Sustainable Livestock Development for Rural
Sindh -Utilizing Results and SynergiesDuring 2014-21, a sustainable
livestock development project
was implemented in theprovince of Sindh in south-east
Pakistan. Although Sindh andKhyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces
have many differences in termsof natural conditions and social
structure, there are manytechnologies that can beapplied. The Project also expects that the technicians
involved in this project will interact with technicians who
have gained experience in the Sindh project, so that
Pakistanis can learn from each other and create synergies.