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Aamer Hayat Bhandara

Aamer Hayat Bhandara is a progressive farmer and young politician from district Pakpattan of southern Punjab. He was an elected member of the district council 2016-18. Prior to joining his family farming business, Hayat Farms, he studied politics and journalism at Bahauddin Zakaria University, Multan. He has also attended course on “Pro-Poor Market Development in Rural Areas” at the University of Queensland, Australia. He is a former Fellow of Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD) under LEADership Development Program.

In his role as a district council member, he served as member of various district and divisional level committees of Agriculture Department, Price Control Committee, and district Aman committee of Punjab government. As a livestock farmer, he is also attached with milk processing companies as a commercial dairy farmer.

He is a Co - Founder of Agriculture Republic, an advocacy group of progressive agriculturalists focused on sustainable development of farming sector by encouraging resource-efficient practices and modernization of farm to market value chain.

Bhandara’s areas of interest include rural development, tertiary level governance and community politics, and sustainability of small- and landless farming. As a grassroots politician, his activism is focused on climate & food security, specifically, on the subject of Water- Food-Energy nexus. He is currently serving as Vice President, Australia Awards Alumni Pakistan. He regularly contributes op-eds to various international and national publications on issues of agriculture policy, and climate change.