
SINDH RURAL SUPPORT ORGANIZATION


Donor: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Districts: (Sukkur)
Duration: November 2010 – February 2011
Major Activities:
SRSO, with the support of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, has launched CERF: a project aimed at providing emergency assistance for the immediate protection of livelihood and food security through the provision of critical livestock and agricultural inputs to the flood-affected community for two union councils of Tehsil Pano Aqil, District Sukkur.
We Supported selected Farmers for Livestock, Agriculture, and Food by providing 3,000 beneficiary households or 21,000 beneficiaries with an agricultural assistance package that included.
Agri Package: Wheat Seed, DAP, UREA, Vegetable Kit; and
Livestock Package: Animal Feed, De-Wormers, Plastic Sheet, Rope. Once beneficiaries were selected, they were given a one-day training session on better management practices for wheat production, pest control, irrigation, pre and post-harvest losses, vegetable sowing methodology, how to construct animal shelters using plastic sheets and rope, management practices to increase the productivity of milk and meat, proper usage of fodder, management of different diseases using de-worming and vaccination of animals. Following the training, inputs were distributed to beneficiaries.