Proforma-II

GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER
PAKHTUNKHWA
PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT
Project Concept Form for New Initiative
(Rs. In Million)
Cost

Allocation for 2015-16

Local

Foreign

128.044

--

Throw Forward

Local
Capital

Rev

Total

--

42.195

42.195

1. Title of the Proposed Project.

Foreign

201617

201718

Beyond
201718

--

45.018

40.831

--

2. Implementation of Direct
Benefit Transfer (DBT)
Programme to farming
community of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa.
3.

4. Proponent Information.
5.

7.

6.
Equipment for crop protection refers to machinery and implements
protecting crops in a scientific and effective way, aiming at eliminating pests,
diseases and weeds, and ensuring stable and high yield of crops (Liu 2008). In a
narrow sense, equipment items used for crop protection spray chemicals to
protect crops against pests, diseases and weeds. It is an effective approach to
maintain good harvest for grain, forest and orchard.
8.
Equipment for crop protection, through the use of which both unit area
yields and good quality of agricultural products are ensured (Oerke and Dehne
2006), is essential for modern agricultural production. The operation and safety
performance of crop protection equipment have always been the concern of
manufacturers, distributors and farmers, since they are closely related to human
health, safety and environmental pollution.
9.

10.
Chemicals are widely used for controlling disease, insects and weeds in the
crops. They are able to save a crop from pest attack only when applied in time.
They need to be applied on plants and soil in the form of spray, dust or mist. The
chemicals are costly. Therefore, equipment for uniform and effective application is
essential. Dusters and sprayers are generally used for applying chemicals.
11.
12.
Farming community, having unaffordability, dont have access to the
proper sprayers required for dusting or sprays. Without right equipment/sprayers
usage of chemicals is hazardous to human as well as cattle. Farming community
often losses 25-30 of their produce due to lack of plant protection equipment
whereas infested produce often receive low income.
13.
14.
The proposal under hand, would not only make to sense to use right and
safe farm implement with appropriate / timely plant protection measures to get
better and healthy yield of their labours. Besides that wastage of chemicals will
also minimize the costs on pesticides with least environmental hazards and risks.
15.
16.
Spraying is employed for variety of purposes such as application of:
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Herbicides in order to reduce competition from weeds.

Protective fungicides to minimize the effects of fungal disease.
Insecticides to control various kinds of insects pests.
Micro-nutrients such as manganese or boron.
18.
Spraying techniques are classified as high volume (HV), low volume (LV)
and Ultra Low Volume (ULV). Distribution of sprayers amongst the farming
community will help in increased and healthy farm produce with increased income
having positive socio economic impact on farming community.

19.

Soil Testing kits to the services delivery actors namely Agriculture

Officers, Agriculture Supervisors/Agriculture Inspectors and Field Assistants
would enable to get on spot results of soil testing making farming
community enabled in judicious use of farm chemicals and improvement
in soil nutrients deficiencies found.
22.The main objective of the
20. Goals & objectives to be
scheme is human resources
achieved.
development
in
Plant
21.
Protection technologies.
23.
Improvement and optimization of
spraying systems and plant
protection equipment.
Development of national
standards for plant protection
through incorporating
international standards.
Providing assistance for
protection of the environment
and water and soil resources by
optimized application of the
pesticides.
Optimum use of existing
infrastructures.
Dealing with plant protection
offenders in a serious, effective
and law-oriented manner.
Growers with small land
holding would be benefited;
as investment on PP
equipment is beyond their
affordability.

24.
Distribution
Equipment:
25.

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of

PP

26.

27. Rational ADP funding.

28. Rs. 128.044 million.

29.
32. Whole of the Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa
33.

30. Geographical Coverage

31. (For whole province or specific
district/tehsil)

34. Is project align with CDS.

36.
37. Relationship of the Project with
SDPFs objectives (in case of Foreign
Aided)?
38.
41.
43. Nearest Places where similar facility
is available.
44.
46. Financial phasing.

48.
49.

35.
39.

40.

Yes
N.A.

42.
45. No

47.

Financial Aspects (100%)

50.

(In million Rs.)

51.

52.

Cost Borne by the Project

53.
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(In million Rs.)

54.

55. Detail of post completion annual operation and maintenance cost

(AOM&R)
- Maintenance
56. Rs. 2.028 Mill (2% of the
cost of equipment) to be borne by
the beneficiary.
57.
59. Rs. 1.00 million on capacity
- HR
building/ human resource
58.
management.
60.
- Operation
-- Repairs
Annual maintenance would
keep the equipment in good
condition and its economic life
would be enhanced by 30% (12
years in operation).
- Others
- -61.

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62. Benefits (Types & Numbers)

63.
A. Numbers of Farmers to be benefited
64.

B. Area to be Benefited
65.

66.
67.
68. Expected out put
(Qualitative/ Quantities).
72. Priority
73.
(Indicate Top, Normal
or Low)

69. As above
70.
71.
74.
TOP
75.
76.
77.