PROJECT NAME
UPDATION OF AGRO ECOLOGICAL ZONES OF PAKISTAN THROUGH SATELLITE AND IN-SITU DATA MAPPING
PROJECT DIRECTOR NAME
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LOCATION
Climate, Energy and Water Research Institute, National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad
SPONSORING AGENCY
Ministry of National Food Security & Research, Islamabad
EXECUTING AGENCY
Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, Islamabad
ORIGINAL COST
Rs. 60.450 Million
SCOPE
The project is aimed to secure national food security through defining agro-ecological zones for selection of suitable crop growing areas for major and minor crops in the country. The specific objectives of the project include:
- To develop spatial and attribute data of agro-climate, cropping pattern, and socio-economic using geospatial techniques
- Identification and assessment of recent changes in climate, cropping pattern and land use in Pakistan
- Updation of agro-ecological regions for selection of suitable crops grown and livestock production
Construction of the laboratory/office building in progress.
The project will significantly improve working conditions and professional capacity of the FSC&RD Seed Testing laboratory at an important port of entry i.e., Karachi
PROJECT DETAILS
| Date of approval with Forum | ||
| Original date | Revised Date, if any | All subsequent Revisions if any |
| 24-02-2020 DDWP | N/A | N/A |
| Financial Arrangement | Federal | |
| Donor (if any)along with a share of foreign aid in the cost | N/A | |
| Actual Date of Commencement | 01 July, 2020 | |
| Completion Date (as per PC-I) | 30 June, 2023 | |
| Likely Completion Date | 30 June, 2023 | |
| Reason of Time and Cost Overrun | N/A | |
| Specific decision/ recommendation made during previous quarterly reviews of PSDP 2019-20 | NIL | |
| PMES system updated on (please specify date) | 28.01.2021 | |
| Financial progress | ||
| a) Expenditure up to June 2020 | NA | |
| b) %age Financial progress to-Date | 1.34% | |
| Physical completion (in %age terms) | 15% | |
| Allocation 2020-21 | Rupee | Foreign loan(if any) |
| 30.000 million | Nil | |
| Releases 2020-21 | Rupee | Foreign Loan(if any) |
| 13.600 million | Nil | |
| Expenditure/Utilization 2020-21 (July-Sept 2020) | Rupee | Foreign loan(if any) |
| 0.814 million | Nil | |
| Bottlenecks/Issues impeding progress on the project (if any) | ||
| Latest implementation status of the decision/recommendation | NIL | |