Mus'haf Khan

Pakistan’s Agriculture & Climate Disaster

Pakistan’s Agriculture & Climate Disaster
Sep 4, 2024

Source https://en.humsub.com.pk/2367/pakistans-agriculture-climate-disaster/

Summary Pakistan being an agrarian economy contributes 18.9 per cent to GDP and absorbs 42.3 per cent of the labour force. As per the census data 2010, 67 per cent of farmers fall in the category of below two hector farm-holding with an average farm size of 2.5 acres. These small and marginalized farmers working in agriculture rely on the food they grow to feed their families, about two-thirds of these people are living in poverty. For well-off farmers in America and Europe, a warmer world will be problematic, but potentially deadly for low-income farmers in Africa and Asia. When small farms fail, whole economies fail, which leads to more poverty, more hunger, and more hardship. That’s why it’s so important that we make agriculture more resilient. Tragically, billions of people around the globe with livelihood dependent on agriculture and who are least responsible for greenhouse gas emissions, just like Pakistan, will suffer the most from climate change.

People Muhammad Mushaf KHAN

URL https://en.humsub.com.pk/2367/pakistans-agriculture-climate-disaster/

Source	https://en.humsub.com.pk/2367/pakistans-agriculture-climate-disaster/
Summary	Pakistan being an agrarian economy contributes 18.9 per cent to GDP and absorbs 42.3 per cent of the labour force. As per the census data 2010, 67 per cent of farmers fall in the category of below two hector farm-holding with an average farm size of 2.5 acres. These small and marginalized farmers working in agriculture rely on the food they grow to feed their families, about two-thirds of these people are living in poverty. For well-off farmers in America and Europe, a warmer world will be problematic, but potentially deadly for low-income farmers in Africa and Asia. When small farms fail, whole economies fail, which leads to more poverty, more hunger, and more hardship. That’s why it’s so important that we make agriculture more resilient. Tragically, billions of people around the globe with livelihood dependent on agriculture and who are least responsible for greenhouse gas emissions, just like Pakistan, will suffer the most from climate change.
People	Muhammad Mushaf KHAN
URL	https://en.humsub.com.pk/2367/pakistans-agriculture-climate-disaster/

The Big Show Prediction
Mar 20, 2024

Summary Will slower prices lead to growth or stasis by resolving the inflation tango? Can economies breathe easy with tamer inflation? Can the central banks navigate inflation’s narrow channel by finding the sweet spot? Will we escape the icebox and in the quest for stable prices without stalling growth? And finally, can policymakers avoid both feast and famine and steer the national economic ships to inflations balancing acts? These are some very potent questions of our current times, which nations at large are grappling with. Our homeland, Pakistan finds it’s self in the midst of all this and many more. I am going to take this journey with you my readers sharing some useful insights from the global front using valuable data.

People Muhammad Mushaf KHAN

Summary	Will slower prices lead to growth or stasis by resolving the inflation tango? Can economies breathe easy with tamer inflation? Can the central banks navigate inflation’s narrow channel by finding the sweet spot? Will we escape the icebox and in the quest for stable prices without stalling growth? And finally, can policymakers avoid both feast and famine and steer the national economic ships to inflations balancing acts? These are some very potent questions of our current times, which nations at large are grappling with. Our homeland, Pakistan finds it’s self in the midst of all this and many more. I am going to take this journey with you my readers sharing some useful insights from the global front using valuable data.
People	Muhammad Mushaf KHAN

Empowering the Marginalized Kissan’s of Punjab through Digital Financial Inclusion

Empowering the Marginalized Kissan’s of Punjab through Digital Financial Inclusion
May 10, 2021

Source https://en.humsub.com.pk/2516/empowering-the-marginalized-kissans-of-punjab-through-digital-financial-inclusion/

Summary Small & marginalized farmers represent a major portion of farming households in Punjab. It includes farmers with landholding up to 12.5 acres and landless farmers with no collateral to offer to the formal lending institutions. Out of the total operational farms, only 19% was under 5 acres as reported in the Agriculture Census, 1960. This increased to a staggering 67% in the 2010 Census. More interestingly, with an average number of 2.6 fragments in each farm, the average size of farms in this category of under 5 acres is about 2.5 acres. More than 60% of Pakistan’s population either reside or belong to rural areas as reported by the Government of Pakistan. Punjab being the largest province accounts for 60% of the total population, is home to the highest absolute number of poor people with an estimated poverty rate as high as 42.6%. Beyond just small size, these poor farms see high levels of illiteracy, and a lack of access to credit and better markets, which become critical constraints to the adoption of technology. Thus, most such farmers cannot take risks associated with modernization and make a move to high-value crops.

People Muhammad Mushaf KHAN

URL https://en.humsub.com.pk/2516/empowering-the-marginalized-kissans-of-punjab-through-digital-financial-inclusion/

Source	https://en.humsub.com.pk/2516/empowering-the-marginalized-kissans-of-punjab-through-digital-financial-inclusion/
Summary	Small & marginalized farmers represent a major portion of farming households in Punjab. It includes farmers with landholding up to 12.5 acres and landless farmers with no collateral to offer to the formal lending institutions. Out of the total operational farms, only 19% was under 5 acres as reported in the Agriculture Census, 1960. This increased to a staggering 67% in the 2010 Census. More interestingly, with an average number of 2.6 fragments in each farm, the average size of farms in this category of under 5 acres is about 2.5 acres. More than 60% of Pakistan’s population either reside or belong to rural areas as reported by the Government of Pakistan. Punjab being the largest province accounts for 60% of the total population, is home to the highest absolute number of poor people with an estimated poverty rate as high as 42.6%. Beyond just small size, these poor farms see high levels of illiteracy, and a lack of access to credit and better markets, which become critical constraints to the adoption of technology. Thus, most such farmers cannot take risks associated with modernization and make a move to high-value crops.
People	Muhammad Mushaf KHAN
URL	https://en.humsub.com.pk/2516/empowering-the-marginalized-kissans-of-punjab-through-digital-financial-inclusion/

Hooray for the Fletcher School class of 2019!

Hooray for the Fletcher School class of 2019!
Sep 11, 2019

Source https://www.afi-global.org/newsroom/news/hooray-for-the-fletcher-school-class-of-2019/

Summary Congratulations to the graduates of the Fletcher School Leadership Program for Financial Inclusion! Celebrations took place in the Rwandan capital of Kigali on 11 September, as 18 fellows from 17 countries received their certificates in the executive program that helps policymakers design and implement better financial inclusion policies, following an intensive nine-month program. A graduation ceremony was held in the run up to the 2019 AFI Global Policy Forum (GPF) and in front of a room full of program alumni and representatives from development sector organizations.
Muhammad Mushaf Khan, Financial Advisor, Agriculture Delivery Unit, Department of Agriculture, Government of Punjab, Pakistan

People Muhammad Mushaf KHAN

URL https://www.afi-global.org/newsroom/news/hooray-for-the-fletcher-school-class-of-2019/

Source	https://www.afi-global.org/newsroom/news/hooray-for-the-fletcher-school-class-of-2019/
Summary	Congratulations to the graduates of the Fletcher School Leadership Program for Financial Inclusion! Celebrations took place in the Rwandan capital of Kigali on 11 September, as 18 fellows from 17 countries received their certificates in the executive program that helps policymakers design and implement better financial inclusion policies, following an intensive nine-month program. A graduation ceremony was held in the run up to the 2019 AFI Global Policy Forum (GPF) and in front of a room full of program alumni and representatives from development sector organizations. Muhammad Mushaf Khan, Financial Advisor, Agriculture Delivery Unit, Department of Agriculture, Government of Punjab, Pakistan
People	Muhammad Mushaf KHAN
URL	https://www.afi-global.org/newsroom/news/hooray-for-the-fletcher-school-class-of-2019/

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