Appreciation Of Agriculture Department By The Elders

“World food Program and Agriculture Department is doing wonderful effort for the uplift of farmers of Bajaur agency” this was told by elders namely Malik Taswoor Khan, Malik Fazal hayan, Malik Khaista Rehman, sultan Zeb Salar and others of Bajaur agency from all tehsils in a news briefing. They further added that Agriculture department Bajaur agency in the leadership of Agency Agriculture Officer Bajaur Mr. Rehmat Ud din is doing a good job in providing relief and opportunities to farmers of Bajaur agency in the rehabilitation of farming in the agency through world food program Food for Work program which was started in   2009 but in the start of the program the criteria for this program was violated and only influential people who are usually not farmers were entertained but with the appointment of Mr. Rehmat Ud Din as Agency Agriculture officer and Mr. Ibrar as focal person of the program the whole scenario of the project has changed and now food is being given to actual farmers and activities being performed. All of the elders said that there is a lot of potential in the agency in context of Food for Work but farmers were to be given right direction and that has been done by the said officers.

Tribal elders also added that before the posting of the said officer agriculture department on whole was on decline its nurseries and farmers services centers were on the downstream but they have given a new life to all of the agriculture department and now farmers of the area are have got a new vision and they are hopeful that they will be facilitated more though, the said officers have done more than their efforts for the uplift of the farmers. “Bajaur agency has got potential for food for work activities and we are hopeful that within the specified period of the program all the problems of the farmers will be solved” they added.