LAHORE: CEO Hamdard Agro Engineering, Mr. Muhammad Asif added, “Our partnership with PATTA will increase farmers’ profitability and productivity at a fraction of the usual cost. We look forward to the project’s technical expertise in identifying our comparative advantage in marketing and selling viable tech solutions to farmers.” PATTA’s private sector partners are also committed to collaborating with USAID to expand
women-led agricultural technology businesses through technology transfer and training opportunities. The project’s partners have ensured that their technology demonstrations will be inclusive of women to equip them with appropriate skills and increase their access to improved inputs and agricultural services.
The PATTA project’s new partnership will continue to enable agri-tech knowledge transfer, increasing awareness and ultimately enhancing farmers’ production, and profits. The results will improve Pakistan’s agriculture-fueled economic infrastructure and contribute to overall food
security. USAID’s interventions in technology, innovation and agriculture will increase agrarian investments by USD 4.8 million and sector sales by USD 17.68 million and expand the agricultural technology workforce by 3400 jobs towards the end of this project. PATTA’s Chief of Party Dr. Daney Jackson at the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony with the project’s new Supply Side Partners (SSPs) in Lahore.
