Question

discuss the backyard poultry project in detail under PM agriculture emergency program​

Answer 1

ANSWER

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan on Monday launched the prime minister’s Backyard Poultry Initiative in the province under the National Agricultural Emergency programme.

A statement issued here said around 1,000,000 chickens would be distributed to eligible families at subsidised rates in the province during the next four years.

It said a unit comprising a rooster and five hens would be sold for Rs1,050 and 40,000 such units would be given away to families every year.

Answer 2

The government had launched the Prime Minister Agriculture Emergency Programme in September 2019, for the supply of birds for the backyard poultry farming

• Under the initiative around 5 million local chickens were to be distributed to the public across the country at subsidized rates.
• The initiative aimed at providing sufficient animal protein for undernourished communities and alleviating poverty.
• The government provided a collection of birds consisting of five hens on the first come first serve basis and, in this regard, the tehsil registration centers were also created.
• A national identification card holder was provided with up to three sets of birds and a special desk for monitoring the system was built in the National Agriculture Research Center.