Khyber Pakhtunkhwa first-ever food policy basis on agriculture, job creation

To ensure implementation of the policy Chief Minister Mahmood Khan, devised the short term, medium term, and long term plans. The short term plan would be of two to three years duration that will require around Rs56 billion and medium term plan would be of four to seven years with an estimated cost of Rs109 billion whereas the long term plan would be of eight to 10 years to be implemented with an estimated cost Rs70 billion.

Similarly, 24 different measures including construction of small dams, raising of the existing dams, development of maximum command areas of these dams, and others have been proposed under the medium term plan whereas nine different measures including construction of big dams, cultivation of olive plants at vast scale and others have been proposed under the long term plan of the policy.

Stressing the need for implementing the policy in letter and spirit, the chief minister directed the planning department to arrange the required funding for the implementation of the action plan.

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