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GroRizq Sustainable Agriculture
ABOUT USBUILDING RESILIENT FOOD SYSTEMS

Who Are We?

Grorizq is an integrated agriculture platform focused on developing, operating, and scaling sustainable farming systems across Pakistan, and leveraging it to transform agriculture around the world, ensuring food security. Combining expertise in agriculture, capital structuring, and supply chain development, Grorizq enables commercially viable, large-scale agricultural projects while creating inclusive opportunities for farmers.

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

Our Vision & Mission

Our compass for transforming fragmented agriculture into an engine for economic resilience and global food security.

OUR VISION

Catalyzing Sustainable Transformation

To develop an integrated agriculture platform building productive, climate-smart and commercially viable agricultural systems across Pakistan and emerging markets.

Forward-Looking•Global Reach
OUR MISSION

Execution Through Integration

We combine large-scale farming, small-farmer networks, agricultural trade and value addition to strengthen food security, create resilient rural economies and connect agricultural production with local and global markets.

Direct Impact•Commercial Viability

OUR INITIATION STORY

From Humanitarian Roots to Systemic Transformation

How a decade on the frontlines of food relief inspired an institutional agriculture model built to last.

GroRizq Farmer Engagement and Upliftment
On the Ground

Grassroots dialogue and direct partnership with smallholder farming communities across Pakistan.

The Frontlines of Food Relief
2015

A Decade Serving on the Frontlines

Since 2015, our journey began with Rizq — an urgent humanitarian movement dedicated to feeding millions across Pakistan. Yet as years passed and emergency rations were delivered, an unavoidable reality revealed itself: hunger was never just a logistics or charity problem. It was fundamentally a failure of production. We were treating the symptom while the agricultural engine of our nation was sputtering.

The Turning Point in the Fields
2022

The Cataclysmic Floods & Realization

When catastrophic floods inundated one-third of Pakistan in 2022, our teams spent months in the mud with rural farming families. We watched generational farmers lose entire seasons overnight — trapped by predatory loan sharks, fake fertilizer, substandard seeds, and completely unprotected from climatic shocks. It became clear that handouts could never offer dignity; only resilient, productive, and de-risked farmland could.

The Institutional Model
GroRizq Today

Transforming Pakistan's Agrarian Foundation

GroRizq was born out of this conviction. We chose to combine deep grassroots trust with rigorous modern agronomy, institutional capital structuring, and transparent supply chains. By guaranteeing fair prices, high-grade certified inputs, and large-scale mechanized off-take, we are rebuilding our food system from the soil up — transforming vulnerable rural acres into thriving commercial hubs that feed Pakistan and the world.

OUR FOUNDATIONAL VALUES

Five principles behind every project.

Every acre we cultivate, partnership we form, and value chain we develop adheres to our foundational operating standards.

Climate-Smart & Sustainable

Prioritizing regenerative agronomy, solar precision irrigation, and organic inputs to drastically minimize water and carbon intensity across every acre.

PRINCIPLE 01

Livelihood Development

Empowering smallholders and agrarian communities with guaranteed offtake, fair compensation, modern agronomic training, and zero-collateral financing.

PRINCIPLE 02

Resilient

Designing climate-hedged crop rotations and drought-tolerant farming systems engineered to withstand weather volatility and environmental shocks.

PRINCIPLE 03

Traceable Supply Chains

Implementing end-to-end transparent supply tracking with international certification standards from seed to domestic and export buyers.

PRINCIPLE 04

Circular Economy

Eliminating agricultural waste by converting crop residues into industrial biomass, biochar soil enhancers, and high-protein animal feed.

PRINCIPLE 05

OUR PEOPLE

Leadership & Governance

Led by experienced agriculturists, corporate operators, and developmental economists dedicated to systemic food security.

Board of Directors

Mian Farooq Ahmed

Mian Farooq Ahmed

Board of Directors

Serial philanthropist, veteran businessman, and seventh-generation agriculturist. Recognized expert in agricultural revitalization and social empowerment programs.

Imran Nasrullah

Imran Nasrullah

Board of Directors

Decades of global business leadership with proven expertise in food manufacturing, multinational commodities, and supply chains. Ex-CEO Cargill Pakistan.

Dr. Mahmood Ahmad

Dr. Mahmood Ahmad

Board of Directors

50+ years of global food policy experience. Distinguished agricultural economist; retired as FAO’s lead on agriculture and water policy.

Executive Leadership

Qasim Javed

Qasim Javed

Chief Executive Officer

A Yunus Social Business Masters graduate and strategic social entrepreneur dedicated to building climate-smart, commercial farming enterprises at scale.

Huzaifa Ahmad

Huzaifa Ahmad

Co-founder & Chief Operating Officer

LUMS alumnus and recipient of the Commonwealth Points of Light Award. Drives operational ground execution, farm management, and supply chain logistics.

Musa Aamir

Musa Aamir

Chief Development Officer

Acumen and SPRING Accelerator Fellow with extensive research and governance experience leading grassroots agricultural transformation.

Management & Core Team

Sami Ahmad

Sami Ahmad

Chief Financial Officer

20+ years of experience across corporate banking, management consulting, and private equity investments. B.A. Corporate Finance (Georgetown), M.S. Sustainable Development (SOAS London).

Dr. Attaullah Khan

Dr. Attaullah Khan

Head — Large-Scale & Commercial Farming

Senior agricultural expert leading large-scale corporate farming ventures, precision center-pivot irrigation, high-density cultivation, and commercial agronomy.

Dr. Majid Ikram

Dr. Majid Ikram

Head — Contract Farming

PhD in Population Resource & Environmental Economics from Shandong University. Spearheads farmer mobilization, agronomic protocols, and out-grower networks.

Bukhtawar Waqar

Bukhtawar Waqar

Head of Projects

5+ years of strategic consulting and research experience focused on regional food security and agricultural resilience across emerging markets and Pakistan.

Kanwar Siddique

Kanwar Siddique

Business Analyst

MBA from LUMS. Leads commercial feasibilities, project financial structuring, and business development for large-scale agricultural investments.

Alizeh Hassan

Alizeh Hassan

Senior Research Associate

Public Policy graduate from LUMS specializing in policy analysis, data synthesis, and evidence-based agricultural program design.

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