ETI-GB is ten years (2015-2025) development program of the Government of Gilgit-Baltistan co-funded by IFAD) and AICS. With an overall development goal of “Improving incomes and reducing poverty and malnutrition in rural areas of Gilgit-Baltistan.
The programme aims at benefiting100,000 rural households of Gilgit-Baltistan through implementing a range of activities under its three key components.
First one is Economic Infrastructure (Irrigation Land Development and Farm to Market Roads)
Second one is Support Services for Value Chain Development, through Value Chain Technical Assistance (on farm, off farm and non-farm matching grants), Social/Farmers Mobilization & Institution Building, Agri-Extension & Research and Land Titling systems and support and
Third one is Programme Management and Policy Support- to the government in land titling, water and Road Master Plan and O&M.
Overall Outreach
As of end of July 2023 the total reported outreach is 92,094 households benefitted through various interventions of the programme. The total direct beneficiary households of infrastructure in phase-I are 40,288 with 8.36% poor households. While 50,356 are the total beneficiary households benefitted trough Value Chain Interventions. This includes VAC beneficiary, households benefitted through 4Ps and other interventions carried out under Value Chain. 28% of the beneficiary are women while 30% youth. There are also 15 women specific VACs which are run and managed by women. In the current phase, under the current approved infrastructure, a total of 20,000 households will be benefitted (12,139 through ILD and 7900 through FMR). The household profiling is in progress to ascertain the exact number of households.
