Bank Alfalah and SAWiE Join Hands to Promote Climate-Smart Agriculture in Pakistan

Bank Alfalah, a leading commercial Bank in Pakistan, and SAWiE, a digital platform offering smart farm advisory services to smallholder farmers, signed an MoU to promote climate-smart agriculture practices in Pakistan.

The signing ceremony took place in Lahore in the presence of senior officials from SAWiE and Bank Alfalah, including Engr. Mushtaq A. Gill (Tamgha-e-Imtiaz), CEO of SAWiE, Dr Khalid Mahmood, representative of SAWiE. Meanwhile, from Bank Alfalah, Shaykh Zeeshan Rauf, Head of Small Medium Enterprise(SME) and Commercial Banking Division, Raza ul Aleem, Head SME and Agri, Bank Alfalah, and Yahya Hameed Wahla, Agri-Business Head graced the occasion.

Under this MoU, SAWiE will leverage its systems to combine geospatial data with machine learning and AI applications to provide sustainable solutions to farmers.

According to the MoU, the two organizations will offer climate farm advisory services for farmers, linking them with external markets and supporting green banking to achieve net zero and access to finance.

This initiative aims to empower farmers by increasing their capacity and competitiveness through various activities, including developing a concept of climate-smart villages, promoting climate-smart agriculture technologies, and developing innovative approaches to serving farmers through regular advisory services and training.

Moreover, Bank Alfalah and SAWiE will encourage soil testing of the bank’s existing and new farmers to develop soil health solutions, which will help save water, improve plant health, and protect the natural environment.

By promoting ESG principles, the initiative will also support sustainable agriculture practices, which can help ensure the long-term viability of the sector.



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