Pakistan Kissan Trust is registered under Trust Act of 1882 is a membership based organization serving the interests and rights of small and poor farmers has a Vision to make farmers prosperous and politically strong in Pakistan.

Over the last few years focused input from civil society groups and farmers institutions towards socio-economic and political development of rural poor especially women the conditions have changed.

 
In this backdrop a group of educated and active farmers organized themselves as Ghareek Kissan Tehreek (Movement of Small farmers) that in just last few years have become and active movement of farmers in Punjab and Sindh. The Tehreek has a vision to make small farmers a political force in this country has spread in all four provinces in very short time.

The movement also formed a Pakistan Kissan Trust (PKT) to provide it an institutional impetus for quality services and technical guidance to make the movement effective and useful. Set-up in 2003 the Trust has provided strong support to Tahreek through its focused programs of farmers education; farmers centres in 3 district; livelihood and community Physical Infrastructure (CPI) schemes for member farmers; training and advocacy actions on issues facing small farmers and connecting them with other civil society groups and social movements. Read More

What We Do

Our Struggle:
PKT is striving to facilitate farmers to become a political and social force for democratic change in South Asia in general and Pakistan in particular through quality and efficient services, knowledge, skills and negotiating collective benefits from the state and other market forces.

Focus:
The focus of PKT is on democratic development, building sustainable livelihood resources and options, organizing collective and informed actions of small farmers on challenges and difficulties and building collective actions for pro-farmer policies, social and economic justice.

Core Values:

Core Values:

With its strong roots in poor and voiceless farming community in Pakistan PKT is a value driven organization. It firmly believes and applies its core principles in all its organizational and programmatic spheres. Its core values are:

• Democratic Functioning
• Affirmative treatment to women and minority groups
• Fairness and equality
• Peaceful solutions to all conflicts
• Gender justice