A Series of Training Lecturer Delivered to Sungi Development Foundation Abbottabad Pakistan Trainees By Mr. Allah Dad Khan Master Trainer KPK Pakistan

1. FARM SERVICES CENTERS CONCEPTS AND FUNCTIONS ( By Allah Dad Khan
Concepts
 1.To improve accessibility to farmers to quality farm inputs at nearest
possiblelocation on reasonable prices.

2.  2.Improvements of farmer’s skillin farmmanagement ,planning and need
assessment.
 3.Enabling the farmers to run the seed production
o systemand managethe inputs and their distribution by the farmers.
 4.To create linkages of farming communities with the line agencies, service
providers and facilitators.
Objectives of MFSC
• Empowermentof the farming community.
• Equal facilities provided to all members
• Establishment of a transparentand sustainablesystemfree from
exploitation and managed by the farmers / members themselves
• Linkages with governmentaland NGO’s.
• Enhancement of latent capabilities and potentials of the farming
communities and their environments, including income-generating
activities conducted by W.O.
• Availability of resources (Financial & Physical) to the FSC.
• Service oriented and not profitoriented system.
• Management by the farmers and for the farmers.
• Ensuring effective technology transfer and improvement farmers skills.
• Ensuretimely availability of quality inputs /services to small farmers.
Activities
• A) Seed production will be carried out by the FSC through its members with
the supportand coordination of the FSI.

3. • B) The FSC may get fertilizers/pesticides agencies for smooth supply of
inputs.
• C) The FSC may hire cold storage if needed.
• D) The FSC may consider the joint marketing activities either through
establishment of separatemarkets or through supply to other markets
wherethe members can fetch better prices for their produces.
• E) The FSC may patronize the gender activities and gender based
entrepreneur-ship activities in the areas.
• F) The M. C. will hold fortnightly meetings to determine the need of
inputs and chalk out strategy for functions and activities. The A. E and A.
will assistFSCin preparing / programmefor seasonalactivities in
accordancewith local needs.
Marketing Strategy
• The members of the FSCwill be trained in marketing.
• Exposurevisits of the M.C will be arranged to different markets.
• The staff of A.E Department will collect the daily market rates of the
agriculture commodities and will be communicated to the Radio Pakistan
for daily broad cast.
• Agriculturalproduce prices in other markets of the province/country will
be provided to FSCfor the information of the farming community.
• When linkages of the FSCis created and strengthened with other markets
then the surplus producecan be sold in other markets by making bargain
with the parties / dealers of those markets.
• The FSCs may establish their own marketprocurement centre for the
disposalof their produces.

4. • Grading systemof agriculturalproduceparticularly fruitand vegetables will
be introduced in the FSCarea.
• Stores & cold stores for the storageof producecan also be hired.