{"id":87986,"date":"2022-08-16T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=87986"},"modified":"2022-08-15T14:37:20","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T09:37:20","slug":"balochistans-sme-agri-eu-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/balochistans-sme-agri-eu-scheme.html","title":{"rendered":"Balochistan\u2019s SME agri-sector gets funds under EU scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Quetta: The Balochistan government on Saturday (August 13) distributed PKR 27 million to 42 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to uplift the agriculture sector, news sources reported. The funding was provided by the European Union under the Growth for Rural Advancement and Sustainable Progress (GRASP) initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cpec-socio-economic-balochistan.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"87676\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CPEC to improve socio-economic dynamics of Balochistan: DG NIMA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reportedly, the programme is being implemented by the International Trade Center (ITC) in partnership with the Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pms-relief-fund-covid-19-additional-donations-pour-in.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"64870\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)<\/a>. Under the scheme, PKR 500,000 to PKR 2.5 million have been provided to the SMEs based in Quetta, Pishin, Noshki, Kharan, Khuzdar, Lasbela, Panjgur, Kech, Zhob and Musakhel. In this regard, a ceremony was held in the Governor House in Quetta where the acting governor, Mir Jan Mohammad Khan Jamali, addressed the participants and highlighted the importance of promoting the SME sector. He said the program is essential for developing and uplifting entry-level enterprises and promoting inclusive growth. He also thanked the EU and PPAF for launching the GRASP project for small farmers and processing industries.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/german-bank-fund-kps-uplift-projects.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"87846\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">German bank to fund KP\u2019s uplift projects with EUR 17.5mn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is worth noting that the EU is one of the main donors of Pakistan&#8217;s agrarian economy. Pakistan is also one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-gsp-status-european-commission.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"79925\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+)<\/a> countries that have preferential access to European markets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quetta: The Balochistan government on Saturday (August 13) distributed PKR 27 million to 42 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to uplift the agriculture sector, news sources reported. The funding was provided by the European Union under the Growth for Rural Advancement and Sustainable Progress (GRASP) initiative. Read: CPEC to improve socio-economic dynamics of Balochistan: DG NIMA Reportedly, the programme is being implemented by the International Trade Center (ITC) in partnership with the Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Under the scheme, PKR 500,000 to PKR 2.5 million have been provided to the SMEs based in Quetta, Pishin, Noshki, Kharan, Khuzdar, Lasbela, Panjgur, Kech, Zhob and Musakhel. In this regard, a ceremony was held in the Governor House in Quetta where the acting governor, Mir Jan Mohammad Khan Jamali, addressed the participants and highlighted the importance of promoting the SME sector. He said the program is essential for developing and uplifting entry-level enterprises and promoting inclusive growth. He also thanked the EU and PPAF for launching the GRASP project for small farmers and processing industries.\u00a0 Read: German bank to fund KP\u2019s uplift projects with EUR 17.5mn It is worth noting that the EU is one&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":60157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016],"tags":[53590,53591],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-87986","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"tag-balochistans-sme-agri-sector-gets-funds-under-eu-scheme","9":"tag-sme-sector-balochistan","10":"cat-15016-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Balochistan\u2019s SME agri-sector gets funds under EU scheme-Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Quetta: The Balochistan government on Saturday (August 13) distributed PKR 27 million to 42 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to uplift the agriculture\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/balochistans-sme-agri-eu-scheme.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Balochistan\u2019s SME agri-sector gets funds under EU scheme-Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Quetta: The Balochistan government on Saturday (August 13) distributed PKR 27 million to 42 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to uplift the agriculture\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/balochistans-sme-agri-eu-scheme.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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