AGRICON depending on the scope of the project we have the expertise to provide total expert services coordination, from initial planning right through to market place. Agricon mainly covers the service areas of Horticulture, Live Stock & Dairy Development and food security.
On our portfolio we have projects involving expertise in:
- Policy formulation for the Agriculture sector.
- Agricultural Extension Programs.
- Planning, development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of multi-tiered projects in livelihood development and sustainably using natural resource management aiming at poverty alleviation.
- Designing Community Based Livelihoods projects,Livelihood analysis, Income generation.
- Orchard establishments.
- Food Security.
- Soil and water conservation technology dissemination and development.
- Soil engineering.
- Social mobilization.
- Training/workshops/needs assessment.
- Farmers’ education and crop production technology dissemination services for assimilation into commercial farming.
- Farmer community counseling and conducting Training Needs Assessments (TNAs) and Training of Trainers (ToTs) with concerned stakeholders and development of Master training plan, curricula, design and delivery.
- In livestock management we hold proficiency in:
- Animal feeding technologies,
- strengthening community managed animal health care services,
- Designing and developing technical training programs for the farmer and community members in the fields of animal health care, improved animal nutrition, breeding, management and marketing.
We have intellectual and professional resources from all over Pakistan, with tremendous experience in the above areas and more. In addition to our full-time staff, we have exclusively committed associates from the fields of Agricultural Economy & Rural Sociology, Agronomy, Entomology, Microbiology, Plant Breeding & Genetics, Plant Ecology, Plant Physiology, Horticulture, Forestry, Range Management, Irrigation, Soil & Water Management & Engineering, Food Technology and Livestock and Dairy Development. FINCON and AGRICON have the experts, processes and systems capabilities to meet the specific needs of clients.
Horticulture encompasses production and management of food crops grown on-farm as well as under controlled environmental conditions. In Pakistan there is a large potential for value added horticultural crops and products, which can be sold in international markets. This can be achieved by improving farm management, adopting good agricultural practices, promoting products and byproduct industry through value addition, improving food processing, picking, and grading, and modernizing packaging and marketing practices
Horticulture
FINCON has experience in Floriculture, Olericulture, Pomology, landscape horticulture and post harvest plant physiology for providing services in horticulture innovation and development. We pursue a complete lifecycle approach: from the planning phase to cultivation, through to the processing and distribution phase. Our horticulture experts are mainly involved in providing consultancy services for:
- Policy formulation, ,
- Initial agricultural assessment of a particular site location, Suitable crop recommendations,
- Agricultural financial viability assessment,
- Agri-Project Planning,
- Orchard establishments
- Crop and fruits Growing Assistance & Consulting in Production processes including:
- Tillage (Soil Testing etc.)
- Pest Control (Fertilizer Recommendation etc.)
- Nutrient management
- Water management
- Development of Customized Farm Management Software
- Local Farmer Training Programs
- Produce Packing & Marketing.
Live Stock; Dairy Development »
Pakistani livestock is generally considered the “black gold of Pakistan” as was indicated in a recent survey by the United Nations. The time in which we are living in, has seen a general worldwide food crisis and in this scenario the role of agricultural countries involved in livestock breeding and
- Live Stoc
dairy farming is more functional. Pakistani livestock is of premium quality and usually fetches good prices in the international market.
- Dairy
FINCON has well established experience in this sector especially in the livestock feeding technologies, synchronized breeding programs, treatment and health coverage through de-worming and vaccination programs, establishing small income generating Livestock programs, strengthening community managed animal health care services, Dairy Chemistry & microbiology research, conducting market studies related to dairy sector, dairy product processing technology research, dairy farm site acquisition and designing consultancy, milk & milk product inspection, supply and installation of farm machinery, Designing and developing technical training programs for the farmer and community members in the fields of animal health care, improved animal nutrition, breeding, management and marketing etc.
Food related diseases are a major source of human and economic losses in developing countries. Investment in food security can contribute towards the mission to reduce poverty and improve standards with a proper strategy for food safety investment. Cost benefit analysis in Food Safety straight forwardly can improve the health being of consumers. It encourages investment in rural infrastructure, off-farm income generation, urban agriculture and safety nets. Regarding Food Security we have executed different projects regarding Effective use of water for food security, Strategic planning for food security programs etc.