Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP)

AKRSP, a pioneering rural development, works across all 10 districts of Gilgit-Baltistan, two in Chitral (KPK), and, since 2024, in Sindh, enhancing rural livelihoods across Pakistan. AKRSP works across several thematic areas including agriculture, food security, and climate resilience. AKRSP has achieved significant milestones, including the construction and rehabilitation of more than 4,000 small infrastructure projects such as bridges, roads, irrigation channels, and hydropower units. The organisation has also planted 51 million fruit and forest trees and developed hundreds of acres of marginal lands, contributing to environmental sustainability. The organisation has supported local farmers in establishing more than 500 passive solar greenhouses, 50 solar-powered lift irrigation, drip and sprinkler irrigation schemes. AKRSP is promoting community-based micro-hydel projects by constructing a total capacity of 33MW to provide clean energy to communities in remote areas. The organisation is also promoting regenerative agriculture and green businesses/Nature-based Solutions.