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07-ARID-575
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MBA (AGRIBUSINESS
MANAGEMENT)
Internship Report
Specialization: Agribusiness
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Agribusiness Development and Diversification Project, Ministry of Food
and Agriculture
Evaluation
Ahmad Hijazi
(07-arid-575)
Internship Report
Internship Report submitted for the final evaluation in partial fulfillment of the
equipments for the Degree of MBA (Agribusiness).
It is certified that, the internship report and the work contained in it conforms to all the
standards set by the institute for the evaluation of any such work.
1. __________________________________________
2. __________________________________________
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Dedication
I dedicate this project
to my parents and
teachers who help me
in every way of life.
&
Also to Mr.Amjad Iqbal
(Project Manager) who
help me a lot in
enhancing my
capabilities and core
competencies.
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Acknowledgment
All praises to ALLAH Almighty, the mighty and merciful and
beneficent, who has blessed me with knowledge to accomplish the
task of completing this report, give me the courage and allowed me
to accomplish this task. This internship report has given me a
chance to observe the practical work experience, this report has
enhanced and sense of observation.
I’m very thankful to our respected teachers and Director UIMS who
had assigned us this valuable opportunity to enhance our practical
skills. Their inspiring guidance, remarkable suggestions, constant
encouragement, keen interests. Constructive criticism and friendly
discussion enable me to complete this report study efficiently. It is
there kindness that we are at this level of knowledge. I am also very
thankful to staff especially Fida Muhammad, Amjad Iqbal, Amna
Nadeem of Agribusiness Development and Diversification Project,
Islamabad, who has given me lot of support to complete my
internship report. I say thank to all of them for motivating me. All
their efforts are sincerely appreciated. Lets all work together to
build a better tomorrow for generations to come.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction…………………………………………………………… (9)
5.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The agribusiness sector is in existence but could not grow and show its share in GNP.
This is due to a large numbers of problems/constraints faced by this sector which kept it
depressed. These occur throughout the product value chain from input supply to
processing and exports, leading to low productivity and value added. The constraints
must be addressed with a comprehensive and systemic approach throughout the value
chain to remove production, market, and institutional failures and rigidities that impede
the development of the sector, and promote demand driven development with maximum
participation of the private sector, including farmers. World agricultural product markets
are demanding increasingly higher product quality, and unless Pakistan's agribusiness
products conform to these standards, the agribusiness sector will not be able to enter, let
alone compete, on world markets under a WTO regime, including imports. It is therefore
imperative that the key constraints in the agribusiness sector leading to its poor
performance identified during the project preparatory technical assistance (PPTA) be
removed, including
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(ii) And limited capacity for farmer group formation for agribusiness or agro
enterprise purposes to develop economies of scale, an effective lobby, or
continuity of supply to ensure strong market penetration; and (iii) the lack of a
guiding national policy and long-term strategy aimed at developing a dynamic
and competitive agribusiness sector.
The aim of the Project is policy recommendations within the agribusiness sector
concentrate, on the improvement of marketing and market intelligence, improved product
quality and shelf life through sound post harvest practices, achievement of international
compliance and, promoting the establishment of processing plants nationally to give
greater value addition at source and improving the bulking up, collection and storage of
raw materials. Special attention needs to be paid to the establishment of farmer groups for
effective marketing and collective bargaining, and for them to increase production of
quality raw material through improved production practices and the establishment of
enterprise associations to produce quality brands, through grading, certification, quality
control and labeling.
It has been advocated by the experts and policy makers that the increase of income,
welfare and decrease in rural poverty is possible through diversification in agriculture
sector which would be achieved through the present project. The diversification achieved
through this project will lead to sustainable growth of agriculture sector and full
exploitation of the potential of factors of production involved in agriculture sector. This is
in line with the basic aim and objective of agriculture sector.
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1. INTRODUCTION
Realizing the potential of agribusiness sector, the government of Pakistan with the help of
Asian Development bank has initiated Agribusiness Development and Diversification
Project which will be implanted over next five years.(from 2005). The Project objectives
are to support economic growth and employment generation through agribusiness
development and to develop a more competitive and sustainable agribusiness sub-sector.
The focus of project interventions is on increased productivity, product quality, and value
addition by removing constraints facing agribusinesses that occur throughout the product
value chain from production and input supply to processing and exports. The Project is
addressing the constraint in the sub-sector using a comprehensive and systemic approach
throughout the value chain to remove market and institutional failures and rigidities that
impede the development of the agribusiness sector, and promote demand-driven
development with maximum participation of the private sector. The main objective of the
project is to achieve self-reliance in agricultural commodities, ensure food security and
improve productivity of crops and livestock.
The main emphasis is on market oriented demand based production system which will
lead to the increased production and productivity of crops and livestock sector.
Consequently, income of the farmers will increase and rural poverty will decrease.
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The project components are directed, in particular, to provide the policy framework and
enabling environment for agribusiness, capacity building for the necessary agribusiness
support and the provision of business support services to agro-enterprises to enhance
entrepreneurial skills throughout the value chain (from the field to the consumer) and to
provide the opportunity for demand driven research and extension. The aim in this regard
is to create a flexible service delivery mechanism that is responsive to private sector
demand within the provinces. The components will not be directly linked to specific
provincial interventions or pre-set financing limits for each province. It will be on the
basis of “first come first served” with requests for support being bottom up and demand
driven.
The primary focus will be on the horticulture and the hortibusiness, livestock and dairy
development sub sectors which is in line with the country’s development strategy of
diversification into intensive high value crop production that will lend itself to value
addition and labor intensive cultivation for the creation of rural employment and
increased rural incomes. Emphasis has been placed on germplasm and raw material
supply by improving production and yields and enhancing product quality and
uniformity. Without a quality raw material base the country’s produce will be at a severe
disadvantage when the national market has opened up fully.
In the short run, qualitative improvements with reasonable monetary incentives are
envisaged. In the medium term, it is expected that an environment for encouraging
various stakeholders to invest in the sub sector and adopt good practices will be in place.
It is also expected that farmers will be able to realize reasonable increases in income by
minimizing post harvest losses. Without these improvements, it will not be possible to
realize comparative and competitive advantages. These advantages are due to nearness to
markets with increasing demand for quality products, ability to supply during the off-
season, and the sub sector being labor intensive. Given the overall nature of project
interventions that are mainly geared towards realizing quality improvement and achieving
higher value added, justification has relied on the assessment of non-quantifiable
benefits. In the long run, seven years after project completion, it is envisaged that
traditional agribusiness practices will have matured to a more commercialized approach.
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• The development of modern and efficient corporate sector and capital market,
based on sound Agriculture business that provide impetus for high economic
growth and faster social harmony in the country and to develop an efficient
system in field of agriculture.
1. PROJECT OBJECTIVES
The Project span over a period of five years (starting mid 2005 and to be completed by
2010). The loan agreement was signed between the GoP and ADB on 14th June 2005 and
got effective on 9th January 2006. The overall cost of the Project was estimated at Rs.
4.066 billion including US$ 31 million of loan from ADB.
The Project has five main components including: (i) Agribusiness support services
provision; (ii) Agribusiness finance development; (iii) Agribusiness capacity building;
(iv) Agribusiness policy and enabling environment development; and, (v) Project
management support. The Project is being implemented in the whole of the country
including four provinces: Sind, Punjab, North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and
Baluchistan as well as three special areas; Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA),
Federally Administered Northern Areas (FANA) and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).
Capacity building for agribusiness has an overarching focus on horticulture and horti-
business, but also the livestock and dairy sub-sector. The component seeks to increase the
private sector participation in the provision of services in order to facilitate agribusiness
development and enhance the ability of the country’s private sector to ensure
international compliance. The Project work towards the rationalization, restructuring, and
coordination within the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Livestock (MINFAL) and
among the attached departments/wings with regard to the implementation of WTO
regulations and international quality standards. There are several sub-components within
this component which include (i). Strengthening Private Market Information Service, (ii).
Strengthening Export Quality Certification Capacity, (iii). Strengthening Seed and
Planting Material Certification (iv). Institutional Capacity Building for training of
Beneficiaries, (iv). Farmer Training through ToT and FFS, (v). Strengthening the
Pakistan Horticulture Development and Export Board, and; (vi) establishment of the
Livestock and Dairy Development Board.
The farmers and traders, businessmen, NGOs, as well as the researchers dealing with
agriculture will be prospect beneficiaries of this project. They will be provided
awareness, necessary information and technical know-how on WTO related issues,
policies and government strategies to deal with the challenges imposed on them by WTO.
In this regards, their rights and duties would be informed to them. Their views will be
sought on various issues of WTO and thus strategies and polices would be streamlined to
tackle the challenges of WTO and gain maximum possible benefits. This approach will
make the project successful
Project Component/Activity Beneficiaries
Agribusiness Support Fund
Agribusiness enterprises 705
Farmers’ groups 1,250
Farmers in groups 12,500
BDS providers 100
Research and extension providers 30
Agribusiness Finance Development
Participating financial institutions’ capacity strengthened 4
Agribusiness enterprises financed 10,000
Employees in agribusiness enterprises (direct) – person years
100,000
Employees in supporting activities (indirect) – person years 700,000
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Note: Beneficiaries under the Agribusiness Support Fund component will also benefit
from financing under the Agribusiness Finance Capacity Building component. As such,
there is some double counting in the above figures.
5 WORK DESCRIPTION
As I have early mentioned that I have worked in the consultancy component of the
project, the detail job description is as follow.
• Coordinate training programs and materials for training and development of better
post harvest practices.
• Coordinate training programs and manuals for sampling, and inspection of fresh
fruits and vegetables.
• Help the project in evaluating the market for the information service and
investigate about the requirements of customers including i) the types of
information needed ii) frequency of information dissemination iii) channels for
dissemination and vi) the appropriate price for the service
• Assist the private the project in developing data collection proformas and
reporting formats.
• Work closely with the Department for Agriculture Livestock Products Marketing
and Grading (DALPMG) to prepare training and dissemination programmes
regarding quality standards for fresh fruits and vegetables in line with
internationally accepted quality standards.
• The consultants work closely in conjunction with the Federal Seed Certification
and Registration Department (FSCRD) to develop standards for certification of
fruit tree nursery production (particularly for tropical and sub-tropical fruits).
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• Review all consultant TA outputs and ensure that information for carrying an
effective monitoring system for the implementation of the program is effectively
collected or collated for the consultant outputs.
• Review all consultant TA outputs and ensure that information for carrying an
effective monitoring system for the implementation of the program is effectively
collected or collated for the consultant outputs.
• Determine the scope of work for the development of four distinct Provincial
Horticultural policies, with particular emphasis on the (i) policy definition and
vision, (ii) institutional involvement and capabilities, (iii) aims and objectives that
will include subsectors and products for growth and prioritization (iv) the focus of
Government support through policy reforms (v) an action plan for implementing
the strategy with key indicators or targets specified with time horizons and (vi)
the prioritization of crops and products for both the national and international
markets.
• Assist the PMU in recommending the compliment and profile of the provincial
horticultural policy task forces and preparing the task force members terms of
reference.
• Manage the task forces in achieving their objective of preparing the draft policy
and present the policies to the implementing and executing agencies and the
provincial governments.
5.2 My responsibilities
Under the supervision of management officer maintaining and managing of
consultants and TA office input and output work plans.
Day to day management of the TA office, procurement of office supplies and
other office consumables.
Prepare complete work plan and personal schedule of the Technical Assistance
Component and strongly monitor deadlines.
Monitor all financial expenditures including accounts payable, petty cash, wire
transfers, forecast budgeting and preaudit all accounts on monthly basis.
Keep record of all reports and maintain library (hard and digital).
Help the administrative officer in making Record daily activities on monthly input
summary form and submission to ANZDEC on monthly basis.
As enumerator responsible for organizing the data collected and was also
involved in the initial screening of data and feeding it to the computer data base.
Constraints/Challenges to Horticulture.
One best opportunity for me was that I have in close interaction with the
international consultants which enhance my internship training and exposure to
international professionals.
4.1 Strengths
4.1 Weaknesses
4.1 Opportunities
• Investment opportunities.
• Employment opportunities.
• Instability of government.
• Subsistence farming.
4 CONCLUSIONS
• Internship created the potential for future work with the company.
• Links with Universities: I hardly saw that project has any link with universities.
As universities have bulk of experienced people regarding the concerned field, so
it must be enhanced.
• Monitoring and evaluation of the project is not proper. There is lack of control
mechanism. It must be improved by implementing appropriate control
mechanism.
• Project head has no agriculture background, so it is difficult to understand
accurately the problems and suggesting solution to certain problems. Project head
must be an agribusiness specialist.