The National Fertilizer Development Centre (NFDC) ( ur, ) is a multidisciplinary research and development organization at the
federal
Federal or foederal (archaic) may refer to:
Politics
General
*Federal monarchy, a federation of monarchies
*Federation, or ''Federal state'' (federal system), a type of government characterized by both a central (federal) government and states or ...
level. The body was set up by the
Government
A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state.
In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...
in 1977. NFDC works with
Ministry of Planning Development & Reform
The Ministry of Planning Development & Special Initiatives ( ur, , abbreviated as MoPD) is headed by the Minister for Planning Development & Special Initiatives, who must be a member of Parliament of Pakistan. The minister is also deputy chairma ...
of which
Asad Umar is incharge.
Funding
After a brief period of aid from the
United Nations Development Program
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)french: Programme des Nations unies pour le développement, PNUD is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human dev ...
it has been assisted by the
Food and Agriculture Organization
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)french: link=no, Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture; it, Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'Alimentazione e l'Agricoltura is an intern ...
with funds from The
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) is a directorate under the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In matters regarding Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI), Norad reports to the Norwegian Ministry ...
and Agricultural Economics Institute (LEI), Netherlands.
International Cooperation
NFDC has collaboration and shares information with:
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* Food and Agriculture Organization
* Agricultural Economics Institute (LEI), Netherlands
* Fertilizer Advisory Development and Information Network for Asia and the Pacific
* International Fertilizer Industry Association
* Egyptian Fertilizer Development Centre (EFDC)
* International Potash Institute (IPI)
* Fertilizer Association, Cairo
* Fertilizer Association of India
* Fertilizer and Pesticides Authority, Manila, Philippines
* National Fertilizer Secretariat, Sri Lanka
* Arab Fertilizer Association, Cairo
See also
* Planning Commission of Pakistan
The Planning Commission (denoted as PC) ( ur, ) is a Financial institution, financial and public policy development institution of the Government of Pakistan, Government of Pakistan. The Commission comes under Ministry of Planning and Development ...
* Agriculture in Pakistan
External links
Official site
References
Ministry of Planning and Development
Research institutes in Pakistan
Agricultural organisations based in Pakistan
Agricultural research institutes
Pakistan federal departments and agencies
1977 establishments in Pakistan
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