Agriculture & Rural Development

Agriculture policy will distinguish between powerful landholding elites and small farmers who face debt, water shortage, expensive inputs and weak market access.

Large agricultural incomes will enter the tax system gradually, while small cultivators and subsistence farmers will remain protected.

Interest-Free Agricultural Finance

Interest on agricultural loans will be abolished through a phased shift toward Islamic agricultural finance.

Products will include:

• Interest-free seasonal credit.
• Salam-based crop finance.
• Machinery leasing.
• Cooperative finance.
• Takaful-based crop and livestock protection.
• Special finance for women farmers and rural entrepreneurs.

Affordable Inputs and Fair Markets

Electricity, water, diesel, fertiliser, certified seed and safe pesticides will be supplied at targeted, digitally verified rates.

Retail prices will be printed on fertiliser bags, and digital verification will prevent dealers from overcharging farmers.

Crop markets will be reformed through:

• Electronic price information.
• Transparent auctions.
• Farmer cooperatives.
• Warehousing and receipt finance.
• Cold chains.
• Processing facilities.
• Action against hoarding and cartelisation.

Land for the Landless

Uncultivated state land will be allotted to landless farmers and haris where water is available and cultivation is feasible.

Allotments will be conditional on:

• Personal or cooperative cultivation.
• Prohibition on speculative resale.
• Environmental suitability.
• Defined production requirements.
• Transparent beneficiary selection.

Graduates with viable agricultural, livestock or agro-technology plans may also receive barren land on long-term lease under easy conditions.

Protection of Agricultural Land

New housing societies, commercial schemes and factories will be prohibited on productive orchards and prime agricultural land except where a transparent public-interest assessment establishes unavoidable necessity.

Urban expansion will be redirected toward planned, non-productive land, higher-density development and brownfield redevelopment.

Water and Climate Resilience

A national agricultural water strategy will:

• Digitise Abiana collection.
• Repair canals and watercourses.
• reduce theft and leakage.
• promote drip and sprinkler irrigation.
• support drought- and heat-resilient seeds.
• improve rainwater harvesting.
• protect riverine and wetland ecosystems.
• expand climate and weather advisory services.

Agro-Based Rural Industry

Each agricultural region will develop industries linked to its crops and resources:

• Rice milling and packaging.
• Fruit pulping and cold storage.
• Cotton and textile value addition.
• Dairy and livestock processing.
• Date, olive and oilseed processing.
• Fisheries and coastal products.
• Herbal, medicinal and forest products.

This will create employment near farms, reduce post-harvest losses and slow forced migration to cities.

Comprehensive Rural Development

Every rural district will receive a development plan covering:

• Schools and vocational centres.
• BHUs and maternal health.
• Clean water and sanitation.
• Farm-to-market roads.
• Broadband and mobile coverage.
• Digital land records.
• Sports grounds and community spaces.
• Local government offices.
• Police and justice access.

Rural citizens must not have to migrate simply to obtain basic services.

Ending Wadera and Patronage Control

Development funds will be allocated through transparent formulas and elected local governments rather than feudal intermediaries.

Public schemes will be audited digitally. Land records, water distribution, crop procurement and police services will be protected from political control.

Small farmers, tenants and haris will have access to legal aid and specialised agricultural dispute resolution.

Implementation Flow

Land and farmer registry → interest-free credit → input and water reform → market and storage systems → agro-industry zones → rural services → local audit

Core Outcomes

• Lower farmer debt.
• Affordable inputs.
• Improved yields and water efficiency.
• Secure land access.
• Reduced rural poverty.
• More rural industries and jobs.
• Lower migration pressure on cities.