Agricultural Programmes & Schemes

Overview

Direct input-cost support aimed at smallholders, delivered through district agriculture offices and paid against verified purchase receipts.

Eligibility

Registered farmers cultivating up to 12.5 acres, holding a valid land record and CNIC.

Benefits

Input cost support on certified seed and fertiliser for registered smallholdings.

Important dates

Applications close: 31 October 2026. Sample date for this demonstration concept.

Required documents

• Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC)
• Land record extract (fard) or tenancy agreement
• Purchase receipts for the supported input
• Bank account details for payment

Application process

• Collect the required documents listed above.
• Visit your district agriculture office, or begin the application through the office’s registration desk.
• A field officer verifies the holding and the details you have supplied.
• The application is assessed against the eligibility criteria for the current cycle.
• If approved, support is issued against verified receipts or through the relevant service centre.

Contact

Your district agriculture office handles applications for this programme. Find your office →

Overview

Supports the shift from flood irrigation to pressurised systems, with technical design provided by the department’s water management wing.

Eligibility

Farmers with a verified water source and a minimum of 2 acres under a single command.

Benefits

Cost-share on drip and sprinkler installation, plus design support and commissioning.

Important dates

Applications close: 15 December 2026. Sample date for this demonstration concept.

Required documents

• CNIC and land record extract (fard)
• Quotation from a registered supplier
• Proof of an existing water source, where applicable
• Bank account details for payment

Application process

• Collect the required documents listed above.
• Visit your district agriculture office, or begin the application through the office’s registration desk.
• A field officer verifies the holding and the details you have supplied.
• The application is assessed against the eligibility criteria for the current cycle.
• If approved, support is issued against verified receipts or through the relevant service centre.

Contact

Your district agriculture office handles applications for this programme. Find your office →

Overview

Reduces the capital barrier to mechanisation, with a preference for shared-use service models that reach farms too small to own machinery.

Eligibility

Individual farmers, registered service providers and farmer cooperatives.

Benefits

Cost-share towards tractors, planters, laser levellers and harvesting equipment.

Important dates

Applications close: 28 February 2027. Sample date for this demonstration concept.

Required documents

• CNIC and land record extract (fard)
• Quotation from a registered supplier
• Proof of an existing water source, where applicable
• Bank account details for payment

Application process

• Collect the required documents listed above.
• Visit your district agriculture office, or begin the application through the office’s registration desk.
• A field officer verifies the holding and the details you have supplied.
• The application is assessed against the eligibility criteria for the current cycle.
• If approved, support is issued against verified receipts or through the relevant service centre.

Contact

Your district agriculture office handles applications for this programme. Find your office →

Overview

Raises the share of certified seed in circulation by developing a registered grower network alongside the federal seed certification system.

Eligibility

Growers meeting isolation-distance and field-inspection standards for seed production.

Benefits

Certified seed at supported rates and registration support for seed multiplication growers.

Important dates

Applications close: Rolling intake. Sample date for this demonstration concept.

Required documents

• CNIC and land record extract (fard)
• Field inspection consent
• Undertaking to follow the prescribed standard

Application process

• Collect the required documents listed above.
• Visit your district agriculture office, or begin the application through the office’s registration desk.
• A field officer verifies the holding and the details you have supplied.
• The application is assessed against the eligibility criteria for the current cycle.
• If approved, support is issued against verified receipts or through the relevant service centre.

Contact

Your district agriculture office handles applications for this programme. Find your office →

Overview

Builds resilience to heat, erratic rainfall and shifting sowing windows through variety selection, tunnel farming and conservation agriculture.

Eligibility

Farmers, grower associations and research partners in designated climate-vulnerable districts.

Benefits

Support for heat-tolerant varieties, protected cultivation and on-farm resource-conserving practice.

Important dates

Applications close: 30 June 2027. Sample date for this demonstration concept.

Required documents

• CNIC and land record extract (fard)
• Field inspection consent
• Undertaking to follow the prescribed standard

Application process

• Collect the required documents listed above.
• Visit your district agriculture office, or begin the application through the office’s registration desk.
• A field officer verifies the holding and the details you have supplied.
• The application is assessed against the eligibility criteria for the current cycle.
• If approved, support is issued against verified receipts or through the relevant service centre.

Contact

Your district agriculture office handles applications for this programme. Find your office →

Overview

Precise levelling can cut irrigation water use substantially and improve germination uniformity across the field.

Eligibility

Any registered farmer with irrigated land; priority to holdings under 25 acres.

Benefits

Subsidised access to laser levelling units through district service centres.

Important dates

Applications close: Rolling intake. Sample date for this demonstration concept.

Required documents

• CNIC
• Field location details
• Sample submission form, where applicable

Application process

• Collect the required documents listed above.
• Visit your district agriculture office, or begin the application through the office’s registration desk.
• A field officer verifies the holding and the details you have supplied.
• The application is assessed against the eligibility criteria for the current cycle.
• If approved, support is issued against verified receipts or through the relevant service centre.

Contact

Your district agriculture office handles applications for this programme. Find your office →

Overview

Replaces guesswork with measurement, so nutrient spend goes where the soil is actually short.

Eligibility

Open to all farmers. Samples accepted at district soil-testing laboratories.

Benefits

Free soil and water analysis with a written fertiliser recommendation.

Important dates

Applications close: Year-round. Sample date for this demonstration concept.

Required documents

• CNIC
• Field location details
• Sample submission form, where applicable

Application process

• Collect the required documents listed above.
• Visit your district agriculture office, or begin the application through the office’s registration desk.
• A field officer verifies the holding and the details you have supplied.
• The application is assessed against the eligibility criteria for the current cycle.
• If approved, support is issued against verified receipts or through the relevant service centre.

Contact

Your district agriculture office handles applications for this programme. Find your office →

Overview

Targets the losses that occur between the orchard and the buyer, where a large share of fruit value is currently lost.

Eligibility

Orchard growers, packhouse operators and registered exporters.

Benefits

Support for grading, packing, cold-chain and market linkage for orchard produce.

Important dates

Applications close: 31 March 2027. Sample date for this demonstration concept.

Required documents

• CNIC and land record extract (fard)
• Field inspection consent
• Undertaking to follow the prescribed standard

Application process

• Collect the required documents listed above.
• Visit your district agriculture office, or begin the application through the office’s registration desk.
• A field officer verifies the holding and the details you have supplied.
• The application is assessed against the eligibility criteria for the current cycle.
• If approved, support is issued against verified receipts or through the relevant service centre.

Contact

Your district agriculture office handles applications for this programme. Find your office →

Overview

A structured route into modern agronomy for the next generation of growers, run through the extension network.

Eligibility

Applicants aged 18–35 with access to cultivable land.

Benefits

Structured training, demonstration plots and mentoring for new entrants to farming.

Important dates

Applications close: 30 September 2026. Sample date for this demonstration concept.

Required documents

• CNIC
• Proof of age, where an age limit applies
• Access-to-land declaration

Application process

• Collect the required documents listed above.
• Visit your district agriculture office, or begin the application through the office’s registration desk.
• A field officer verifies the holding and the details you have supplied.
• The application is assessed against the eligibility criteria for the current cycle.
• If approved, support is issued against verified receipts or through the relevant service centre.

Contact

Your district agriculture office handles applications for this programme. Find your office →

Overview

Recognises the substantial and often unrecorded role of women in field and post-harvest work, and supports it directly.

Eligibility

Women engaged in farming or agricultural processing.

Benefits

Training, kitchen-garden inputs and access to women-led producer groups.

Important dates

Applications close: Rolling intake. Sample date for this demonstration concept.

Required documents

• CNIC
• Proof of age, where an age limit applies
• Access-to-land declaration

Application process

• Collect the required documents listed above.
• Visit your district agriculture office, or begin the application through the office’s registration desk.
• A field officer verifies the holding and the details you have supplied.
• The application is assessed against the eligibility criteria for the current cycle.
• If approved, support is issued against verified receipts or through the relevant service centre.

Contact

Your district agriculture office handles applications for this programme. Find your office →

Overview

Cuts unnecessary spraying by moving decisions onto economic thresholds rather than calendar routines.

Eligibility

Registered farmers in designated pest-surveillance districts.

Benefits

Scouting support, pheromone traps and threshold-based spray guidance.

Important dates

Applications close: Year-round. Sample date for this demonstration concept.

Required documents

• CNIC
• Field location and crop details

Application process

• Collect the required documents listed above.
• Visit your district agriculture office, or begin the application through the office’s registration desk.
• A field officer verifies the holding and the details you have supplied.
• The application is assessed against the eligibility criteria for the current cycle.
• If approved, support is issued against verified receipts or through the relevant service centre.

Contact

Your district agriculture office handles applications for this programme. Find your office →

Overview

Addresses storage losses in staples and vegetables. This intake has closed; the next cycle will be announced on this page.

Eligibility

Farmers and farmer groups with an existing storage structure to upgrade.

Benefits

Cost-share on hermetic storage, ventilated stores and small cold rooms.

Important dates

Applications close: Closed 30 June 2026. Sample date for this demonstration concept.

Required documents

• CNIC and land record extract (fard)
• Quotation from a registered supplier
• Proof of an existing water source, where applicable
• Bank account details for payment

Application process

• Collect the required documents listed above.
• Visit your district agriculture office, or begin the application through the office’s registration desk.
• A field officer verifies the holding and the details you have supplied.
• The application is assessed against the eligibility criteria for the current cycle.
• If approved, support is issued against verified receipts or through the relevant service centre.

Contact

Your district agriculture office handles applications for this programme. Find your office →