How important it is...it cost 5 credits which is a lot esp when I am doing research and taking heavy courses is not easy for me!
Well, I will summarize the type I am looking for:
100% NGO - Money shouldnt matter....
Sadly It can not be a 100% charity (that is my last resort and I would easily write up Edhi).
It has to have a membership (clubs/ societies liek WWF UN programs and stuff but UN programs are different-ish) where people join it to be INVOLVED in to make a difference (people usually are educated and want to make use of their knowledge to make a difference...Sometimes you dont need to be educated in the field, but the will to learn how to pass the information) - One example comes to mind is European Science club (sadly I dont know any in Pakistan) where like minds come together to organize meetings, conferences to educate, pass knowledge, get informed and stuff like that
They either get donations (but cant be 100% of their income) or make activities, get sponsors and stuff to involve people to do something for the environment, health, public (beach clean up, camping to get to know environment and stuff like that)
Many listed in the first page are microfinance companies which are good, but they dont involve people...i really wanted that YES (
Youth Engagement Services (YES) Network Pakistan) but no one replied to me
This one
@Armstrong suggested:
::Aabroo:: fits the bill but as usual no one replied back to me
http://www.adventurefoundation.org.pk/join_afp.php
This one also fits the bill...but they are not really bringing a change...
dont know how I will write 10 pages about them
@Armstrong that Fauji foundation (after reading more into it) is more like an investment agency than a service agency...plus no one replied to me ...in a way thank god!
For agriculture we actually have degree in this field called extension education but sadly no one understands what it is for and I am betting the prof in charge himself doesnt know the worth of the field!! :
During
1960s and 1970s,
Pakistan’s extension services played a distinct role along with research and other stakeholders in bringing about the Green Revolution. During 1970’s the country’s extension services significantly benefited from
major projects funded by the World Bank when the Training & Visit system of extension was being promoted.
Although
agricultural extension in Pakistan has been public from the start, yet it has
never been a federal government’s responsibility. Until the start of devolution process in 2001,
the main agricultural extension department, headed by a Director-General, was located at provincial level in all five provinces. Although the
provincial extension offices have not been disbanded, the extension
responsibilities have been
shifted to district level administration. Now
each district has an extension directorate, which is a part of provincial department of agriculture.
Local Government is now actively involved in agricultural activities including extension.
According to a recent survey conducted by FAO,
Pakistan’s investment in agricultural extension during the year 2009 was US$ 86,923,170, and the
extension agent to active rural population ratio was 1: 6,881. Agricultural
extension services in Pakistan, which were already
criticized for their less than satisfactory performance, have
suffered under devolution. The devolution-related
problems for agricultural extension in Pakistan include
confusion about new role of extension, abundance of bureaucratic paperwork, burden of non-extension tasks, isolation from provincial extension office, and enhanced political interference. In addition, several administrative levels simply create more red tape delaying decision making. The
role of provincial vis-à-vis district extension offices needs to be re-defined as the
provincial offices feel disconnected from the field.
Extension services in Pakistan remain
traditional, using
old extension methods and top-down and technology-driven approaches.
Linkages with research and agricultural academic institutions are minimal at best. There is
hardly any female field extension staff. The organization
suffers from a lack of in-service training, mobility means, scant career development opportunities, and grossly inadequate operational funds. Gender-sensitivity is non-existent in terms of extension access by rural women.
In spite of a plethora of research stations,
contacts between research and extension remain scant. The private sector has been very active for years in the
sale of various farm inputs like seed, fertilizer, pesticides, herbicides, farm machinery, etc. However, sometimes, the
prices are too high for small farmers. Pakistan has both rain-fed and irrigated areas.
Improved technology for rain-fed areas is not adequate. It is
not easy for small
farmers to get credit in some parts of the country due to collateral requirements. Although the majority of farmers are subsistence, with small holdings, there is
sizeable number of commercial farmers who run their large farms like business.
Huge
floods of 2010 and 2011 devastated the rural life by killing people and livestock, and by destroying villages and standing crops on thousands of acres, and
rehabilitation has not yet been done fully in several areas. In recent years, there have been persistent security concerns in the northern part of the country and it is not safe to do extension fieldwork with relaxed mind in certain areas.
Frequent power shutdowns and sometimes disruptions in the transport system present problems in working at offices and in undertaking inter-province travel.
Several
UN agencies, especially FAO, have been very active in Pakistan with
several projects in agricultural and rural development. Presently, FAO is executing a
European funded Food Facility Project.
IFAD has recently had
major project on community development and rural poverty.
Bilateral donors such as SIDA, DANIDA, SDC, etc. are also active. The main areas of projects are food security, livestock, dairy, and rural poverty.
From agricultural extension point of view, however, the World Bank,
FAO and USAID participated in a Round Table on Agriculture and Water held in Islamabad in March 2011. The purpose of the event was to
discuss the implementation of the latest national development plan. The meeting was organized by Pakistan’s Planning Commission in collaboration with the World Bank and the Embassy of The Netherland. One of the products of donors’ participation was
a discussion paper on transforming agricultural research and extension in Pakistan, jointly prepared by the World Bank and FAO.
@waz @Slav Defence @Gufi @Horus @Jazzbot @Pakistanisage @Manticore @Jungibaaz
Common people dont you guys have links, know people who are bringing a change in Pakistan or is everyone asleep?
ball - less men
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