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The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Department of Agriculture (Pashto: د کرنې رياست خیبر پښتونخوا, (Urdu; محکمہ زراعت خیبر پختونخوا) is charged with administering agricultural programs in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a mountainous region in the northern part of the country.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has a varied geography of rugged mountain ranges, valleys, rolling foothills, and dense agricultural farms. While it is the third-largest Pakistani province in terms of both its population and its economy , it is geographically the smallest.
Agricultural Training Institute (ATI; Pashto: زرعى تربيتى ادارہ پېښور) was established in 1922 in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. [1] The ATI is working under the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Department of Agriculture. [2]
He contested the 2024 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election as a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-backed Independent candidate from PK-98 Karak-II. He secured 37,160 votes and won the seat. [1] [2] [3] Following this, he was inducted into the PTI provincial cabinet of Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur as Minister for Agriculture.
Currently, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa accounts for [2] 20% of Pakistan's mining output [3] and since 1972, it has seen its economy grow in size by 3.6 times. [4] Agriculture remains the important and the main cash crops include wheat, maize, Tobacco (in Swabi), rice, sugar beets, as well as various fruits are grown in the province.
Minister Muhammad Sajjad stated that agriculture was the backbone of the economy and that since Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s land was fertile, he and the government would put special attention and effort into boosting the agriculture sector and making it self-sufficient. [10]
The Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has allocated Rs.1000 million for the development works of the university. [1] It was originally a faculty of Agriculture in Gomal University Dera Ismail Khan. [2] The Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has now upgraded the department into full-fledged university in March 2018. [1] [3] [4] [5] [6]
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister of Agriculture is the head of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Department of Agriculture, concerned with Agriculture.