ISLAMABAD (Sept. 15) — The United States has committed $21 million to provide seed and fertilizer to flood-affected farmers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The money will help ensure there’s a viable crop of rabi wheat this winter and prevent future food insecurity.

$16 million of the funds for the program will be provided by the Kerry-Lugar- Berman Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act. An additional $5 million will come from the U.S. Agency for International Development Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance.

The program will be implemented by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization and will provide wheat seed, vegetable seed and fertilizer packages to help approximately 1.7 million people in 12 districts, particularly female-headed households, female farmers, and households with children under five years old.

“Providing the wheat seed will help ensure farmers can maintain the normal plant and harvest cycle,” USAID Mission Director Bob Wilson said. “As the floods recede, similar programming will support additional farmers in other flood-affected areas of Pakistan.”

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