Ayesha Iftikhar
Certified Master Facilitator
Multan
Summary
I am agrarian by education having MSc. (Hons.). I possess more than 5 years of work experience as a facilitator with Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Farmer Integrated Development Authority (FIDA) in Capacity building of farmers through participatory approaches. My core skills and expertise lies in participatory extension and trainings, development including Farmer Field School approaches, collaborative workshop methods, community development, communication and writing skills.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages
Work History
Extension Worker/ FFS Facilitator and Assistant National FFS Specialist
FAO
02.2021 - Current
- Company Overview: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Organized and mobilized farmers for Farmer Field Schools (FFS) and Climate Resilient Agriculture (CRA) sites.
- Developed crop-based FFS/CRA modules and implemented all stages with regular field follow-ups.
- Collected, compiled, and transformed beneficiary data into a digital database (ODK, KOBO).
- Manage 28 women farmer facilitators for establishing farmer field schools and demo sites.
- Trained women farmers on small agribusinesses as per project implementation criteria.
- Documented case studies, success stories, and periodic project reports.
- Conducted field assessments, selected beneficiaries, promoted water management practices, and distributed agricultural inputs.
- Facilitated capacity-building initiatives, including farmer consultative meetings, gender-sensitive trainings, and exposure visits.
- Monitored FFS/CRA interventions and shared monthly and periodic progress reports.
- Supported development of training materials, farmer diaries, and communication products for climate-smart agriculture practices.
- Assisted in training field teams, farmers, and extension workers, identifying skill gaps, and delivering targeted sessions.
- Worked closely with specialists on cost-benefit analyses, environmental safeguards, and training methodologies.
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Achievements:
- Registered 2,000 project beneficiaries into a central database.
- Developed concept notes on agri-enterprises for smallholder rural women.
- Finalized training curricula for both men and women farmers.
- Contributed to field school curricula and knowledge-sharing product.
- Capacity Building of 750 women farmers on nine different WOS (Women Open School) enterprises.
- Three women farmers have established small agri enterprises (Poultry, small Ruminants).
Agriculture Training Officer
FIDA
01.2020 - 01.2021
- Company Overview: Farmers Integrated Development Association
- Training program development for the cotton and vegetables growers.
- Organize smallholder family farmers groups under the field school approach.
- Conduct training of trainers workshops for public and private sector service providers, and farmers.
- Run farmer field school on cotton and vegetables addressing food security, nutrition and livelihood agenda.
- Worked on family farmers food security model of women group.
- Contributed in concept note and proposal development.
- Supervised trained farmer facilitators cadre and community networks.
- Farmers Integrated Development Association
Teaching Assistantship
B.Z.U.
10.2017 - 05.2019
- Company Overview: Bahaudin Zakariya University
- Facilitated supervisor in developing research projects.
- Assisted in writing articles to summarize data and implications of results.
- Maintained laboratory equipment’s and inventory.
- Supported in field visits and data collection of ongoing research trials.
- Supported in organizing scientific conferences/Workshops and events.
- Facilitated in Publishing key research findings as conference abstracts, Urdu, and English Articles.
- Bahaudin Zakariya University
Education
M.Sc. (Hons.) - Agriculture-Soil Science
B.Z.U.
01.2017 - 01.2019
B. Sc. (Honors) - Agriculture
B.Z.U.
01.2013 - 01.2017
Skills
- Environmental Education & Community Engagement
- Curriculum Development & Training Facilitation
- Climate-Smart Agriculture Practices
- Volunteer Management and Capacity Building
- Participatory Learning Approaches
Books And Manuals
- Farmer Field School (FFS) Data Book, Jam M. Khalid, 9th, 2023, FAO, Pakistan
- Women Open School (WOS) Data Book, Jam M. Khalid, 3rd, 2023, FAO, Pakistan
- Farmer Field School (FFS) Data Book, Jam M. Khalid, 8th, 2021, FAO, Pakistan
- Women Open School (WOS) Data Book, Jam M. Khalid, 2nd, 2021, FAO, Pakistan
- Farmer Field School Climate Business Field School One Curriculum
- Farmer Field School Women Open School One Curriculum
- Farmers Skills Set, Jam M. Khalid, 1st, 2022, FAO, Pakistan (un-published)
- Farmer Diary, Jam Khalid and Ayesha Iftikhar, 2022, FAO, Pakistan (un-published)
Seminars Trainings And Workshops
- Certified Master Facilitator/Trainer, FAO, United Nations
- 21 days Training of facilitators, FAO
- Introduction to Farmer Field School Approach, FAO
- Environmental and Social Risk Management, FAO
- Prevention of Harassment and Abuse, FAO
- Climate-Smart Agriculture Practices, FAO
Mailing Address
Street# 2, Ali Sweets and Bakers near Bosan Road, Multan, Punjab
Personal Information
- Passport Number: CN1570942
- CNIC Number: 36302-9737094-8
- Date of Birth: 06/22/93
Publications
- Multi-strain inoculation with PGPR producing ACC deaminase is more effective than single-strain inoculation to improve wheat (Tirticum aestivum) growth and yield., International journal of Experimental Botany, 2019, (Co-author) (Best Paper award 2022)
- Vesicular Mycorrhizal Fungi Effect on Maize Under Different Textures., Earth Science Pakistan, 2018, 2, 12-15, (Co-author)
- Phosphorus solubilizing bacteria and biochar improve maize growth in different textured soils., Merit Research Journal of Agricultural Science and Soil Sciences, 2020, 8, 5, 065-071, (Co-author)
Timeline
Extension Worker/ FFS Facilitator and Assistant National FFS Specialist
FAO
02.2021 - Current
Agriculture Training Officer
FIDA
01.2020 - 01.2021
Teaching Assistantship
B.Z.U.
10.2017 - 05.2019
M.Sc. (Hons.) - Agriculture-Soil Science
B.Z.U.
01.2017 - 01.2019
B. Sc. (Honors) - Agriculture
B.Z.U.
01.2013 - 01.2017
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