ISLAMABAD, Dec 12: The US government announced on Wednesday that it will help 45,000 Pakistani farmers in the fruit, vegetable, dairy, and livestock sectors increase their profits.

Farmers will work with US-funded non-governmental organisations to form over 3,000 small farmers’ groups and will receive specialised training to improve their products and sales.

Twelve Pakistani NGOs signed cooperative agreements with the US Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Agribusiness Project here on Wednesday to provide training to farmers.

“These programs will increase incomes and create jobs for farmers, agricultural sector processors, and exporters,” said Alex Thier, Assistant to the USAID Administrator, at a meeting of NGOs working with USAID on this initiative.  The agribusiness project is one of the many initiatives that the United States and Pakistan are carrying out together to create jobs and increase incomes.