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Officially
established in September, 2005. |
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Disbursement
of first Operating Grant by Government of
Pakistan made in December, 2005. |
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First
staff member recruited in January, 2006. |
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MOU
signed with Bank of Punjab, for the Bank to
become a partner in our first two programmes
(Model Farms and Cooling Tanks), March 2006. |
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First
full time Chief Executive takes up position
in May, 2006. |
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Advertisements
for Model Farm and Cooling Tank Programmes
placed in May and June 2006. |
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First
Cooling Tanks established under the Dairy
Pakistan Programme in operation in August
2006. |
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President
General Pervez Musharraf grants approval in
principle for Dairy Pakistan’s Horizon
Two Programmes, September 2006. |
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October
2006, the number of Cooling Tanks established
under the Dairy Pakistan programme passes
100. |
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November
2006, Askari Bank and PDDC sign an MOU under
which Askari Bank will become a partner bank
for its Model Farm and Cooling Tank Programmes. |
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January
2007, first tri-partite agreements signed
between Askari Bank, Dairy Pakistan and Model
Farm applicants, representing the formal
start of this key programme. |
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January
2007 ,Dairy Pakistan accepts the leadership
of an industry group assembled with the support
of NAVTEC (National Voactional & Technical
Education Commission), to develop strategy
for dairy sector training. |
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January 2007, first Model Farm underway. |
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February 2007, Model Farm Programme underway with equipment being delivered to our first farms, along with the necessary technical assistance.
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February 2007, Memorandum of Understanding signed with Bank Alfalah, adding this bank to our list of partners.
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May 2007, Dairy Pakistan reaches more than 500 Cooling Tank implementations, and 50 Model Farm implementations. |
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June 2007, number of Cooling Tank installations surpasses 600.
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July, 2007, MOU signed with Government of Sindh to co-operate in the development of the dairy sector of Sindh province.
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August 2007, the number of Model Farms reaches 100.
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August 2007, the Planning Commission endorses PDDC's range of "Horizon Two" programmes. These programmes now go the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council for final approval.
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September 2007, initial students on a training programme on Cooling Tank operation and maintenance receive their certificates in a ceremony at PDDC's offices.
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October 2007, ECNEC approves our Horizon Two Programmes.
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February 2008, number of Model Farm implementations crosses 200.
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February 2008, number of Cooling Tank implementations crosses 800.
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March 2008, number of Cooling Tank implementations crosses 900.
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July-09, Model Farms implementations 890.
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July-09, cooling tank implementations 1196 |
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July-09 , Biogas implementations 556. |
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Community farms have 10 clusters and 32 community farms in Punjab and Sindh servicing more than 565 farmers. First community farm looking to open in NWFP in Sept/Oct 2009. |
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14 Rural service providers received their equipment and running their business. |
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Extension dept has conducted more than 200 field days and introduced more 6000 farmers to PDDC. |
