| Duration | 2015-16 to 2021-22 |
| Total Cost | Rs. 1672.445 Million |
| Allocation in 2019-20 | Rs. 233 Million |
Objectives
- Olive cultivation on 15,100 acres of land with provision of 2,038,500 certified nursery plants
- Need-based promotional incentives like water source development and drip irrigation system to farmers through private sector
- Capacity building of private sector for acclimatization of nursery plants, and provision of technical assistance to olive growers for layout, plantation, orchard and irrigation management
Physical Activities
- Acres = 9597 (98 % completed of revised PC-1)
- Plants provided = 12,92,996 (98 % completed of revised PC-1)
- Training of nursery growers= 5 Nos.
- Training of plant provider firms= 10 Nos.
- Olive awareness campaign= 20 Nos.
- Olive awareness campaign (Field days & press advertisements)
- Procurement of olive nursery plants
- Need-based water source development for olive plantation
- Olive Plantation in Pothwar with provision of on-farm services to growers for orchard establishment & management
- Training of plant provider and service provider firms
- Training of technical staff of Agri. Extension (TOT) in project districts
- Training of technical Nursery growers
Expected Outcome
- 42880 plants issued to 49 farmers for olive plantation on 318 acres out of 518 acres.
- 70000 certified nursery plants received from bidder (Izhar Group @ Rs. 260/plant).
- 57 Farmers being provided services for orchard establishment and management.
- Verification of 20 farmers done after completion of olive plantation.
- A team from DG (M&E), P&D Department conducted Monitoring of Olive Valley Project on 24-25 November, 2021. 2nd will be done in December.
- Increase in production of edible oil in the country with premium quality
- Better income and profitability for rural farming communities in dryland areas
- Job creation for rural poor through engagement in olive orchard management
- Diverting available water resources to production of high value crops
- Developing trained manpower in olive orchard business in public and private sector
- Climate action: sustainable rehabilitation of marginal lands prone to land desertification
Contact Us
Muhammad Azeem Tariq
Director
Barani Agricultural Research Institute, Chakwal
Mobile: 0333-5770746
E-mail: barichakwal@yahoo.com