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Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Program (PPAF) - The 'Fostering Linkages, Realizing Agri Potential'

Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) has long been the lead apex institution for community-driven development in Pakistan. PPAF was registered in February 1997 under Section 42 of the Companies Ordinance 1984 (now Companies Act 2017) as a not-for prot company. PPAF’s mission is to transform the lives of the poor to create a more equitable and prosperous Pakistan. It has outreach in 147 districts across all four provinces and regions of the country, supporting communities to access improved infrastructure, energy, health, education, livelihoods, nance, and develop resilience to disasters. It serves the poorest and most marginalized rural households and communities across the country providing them with an array of nancial and non-nancial services. PPAF aims to ensure that its core values of social inclusion, participation, accountability, transparency and stewardship are built into all processes and programmes. Italy's Official Development Assistance has supported PPAF (2012-2016) through a soft-loan agreement delivering up to 40 million euros for action-projects to be carried out in eastern regions of Pakistan, bordering with Afghanistan and Iran. Project areas encompassed from cultural heritage preservation to infrastructure development, environmental protection and advanced agriculture. This investments portfolio peaked up with the transfer of results from the first unitary project aiming at introducing olive-tree cultivation and olive oil production in Pakistan, the Pakistan-Italy Debt-Swap Agreement, thus expanding the farmland areas devoted to this strategic and multi-purpose crop.