Women Empowerment Literacy and Development Organization
Agriculture and Food Security
Food security was defined in 1996 at the World Food Summit as "When all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life". For Pakistan which is a predominantly agricultural economy the food should not be a problem but due to the recent security situation, unprecedented damage caused by floods, week agriculture value chain, lack of technological input for expanding agricultural production, unavailability of fertilizer, lack of support for local agro-mechanical technologies, drying up rivers, rapid urbanization, lack of assistance to small hold farmers and climate change, food for the common people is becoming scarce and it is becoming expensive for the rest of the population. According to the
Agriculture Support Initiatives
Agricultural Support Initiatives consisting of provision of seeds, promotion of locally developed agriculture machinery, agricultural production output enhancement projects, dairy and livestock development projects, training in occupational health and safety for farmer especially women, Women Land Ownership Rights projects, enhancement of agricultural value chain, training in use of fertilizers and pesticides and drip irrigation projects have been implemented by WELDO in the areas of Mianwali, Multan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Karore Pakka Atak, Faisalabad and surrounding villages, Diskoti, Tharata, Gujranwala, Shadra, Sheikhupura, Narowal, Sialkot and surrounding villages, Muridkay, Bahawalpur, Shakriyal, Kala Shakako, Kasur and surrdounging villages, Patuki, Pasroor, Kamoki, Salam, Pindi Bhatian, Jhang and surrounding villages, Tariqabad etc.
Strengthening Women's Land Ownership Rights
Although women produce about 60-80% of the world's food yet they own only a little over 1% of land. Denying women land and income rights only adds to the perpetuating poverty per household. Realizing this critical issue WELDO has embarked upon several programs aimed at securing women's right to own land. In the backdrop of stringent cultural and social norms in Pakistan where women can not only be denied land but can be murdered under the pretence of "honor" for demanding their own land this issue is quite an uphill task. Under this area of focus WELDO has initiated several projects ranging from advocacy to facilitation of land ownership to women all across Pakistan.
Research
Research in agriculture and food security issues is one of the main areas of intervention for handling the dwindling problem of food security for Pakistan. Under this initiative WELDO has started working on several research projects to boost support for locally produced machineries and latest technology transfer to increase the agricultural produce per hectare for Pakistan. In this regard WELDO is working with several prominent institutes from all across the world.
New Initiatives
WELDO is always open to new ideas for implementation of its developmental initiatives. So if your organization is interested in working with us on any field of agriculture or food security that is not mentioned here please talk to us, we would be very interested in exploring new opportunities of collaboration and agricultural development.
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