Strengthening Pakistan seed industry through establishing Pakistan Seed

Academy

IRFAN AFZAL, PhD

Department of Crop Physiology

University of Agriculture, Faisalabad

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Changing Scenario

What  about  Pakistan  seed  Industry???  

Issues and challenges to Pakistan Seed Industry

Access to good quality seeds

Weaknesses in seed delivery system

Post-harvest losses

Seed laws and other regulatory documents are not up to date

Inefficiencies and stringent rules in the variety registration processes and inspection

Lack of human resource development in seed technology

Lack of public-private partnership in seed technology

Status and economic value of Pakistan seed

industry

!  The majority of farmers get their seeds from the informal channels

!  The improvement of informal sector system have been limited or non-existent

!  Negative effects on agricultural productivity and the income of farmers and more particularly to poor and marginalized farmers

!  The commercial world seed market is approximately valued at US $ 30 billion.

!  Pakistan seed industry has made impressive strides from a modest beginning in seed production, from about 66,000 metric tons of various crops in 1976, to over 382,000 metric tons by 2010.

!  The total seed market in Pakistan is estimated at around 1.65 million tons (2010), with an estimated market value of approximately US$1.6 billion.

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Seed requirement and seed supply during 2012-13

Crop Total seed Targeted Seed Availability (M.T) requirement Seed Requi. Public Private Imported Total MT MT 2012-13 (Loc+Imp) Wheat 1,085,400.00 217,080.00 72,111.90 187791.92 - 259,903.82 6.64 17.30 23.95 Cotton 40000.0 40,000.00 800.65 3829.44 - 4,630.09 2.00 9.57 11.58 Paddy 42,480.00 12,744.00 5,068.46 40698.90 3,725.19 49,492.55 11.93 95.81 8.77 116.51 Maize 31914.0 9,574.20 244.53 3460.11 10,303.43 14,008.07 0.77 10.84 32.28 43.89 Pulses 47,495.68 9,499.14 24.09 892.80 - 916.89 0.05 1.88 1.93 Oilseeds 10,582.11 2,116.42 134.10 448.30 1,284.08 1,866.48 1.27 4.24 12.13 17.64 Vegetables 5,070.00 5,070.00 4.46 237.20 5,176.73 5,418.39 0.09 4.68 102.11 106.87 Fodders 40,137.50 40,137.50 12.35 14 21,252.86 21,279.21 0.03 0.035 52.95 53.02 Potato 372,725.00 74,545.00 34.50 29.00 4,557.75 4,621.25 0.01 0.01 1.22 1.24 Total 1,675,804.29 410,766.26 78,435.04 237,401.67 46,300.04 362,136.75 4.68 14.17 2.76 21.61

Multinational: 05 Public sector: 04 Local: 746

Total: 755

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Do public & private sectors have trained manpower

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Input traits

Prosperous Pakistan Seed Industry

Execu&ve(Board(•  Patron'in'Chief'(Vice'Chancellor,'UAF)'•  DG,'Federal'Seed'Cer:fica:on'&'Registra:on'Department'•  DG,'AARI'•  DG,'Agriculture'Extension'•  MD,'Punjab'Seed'Corpora:on''•  Chairman,'Seed'Associa:on'of'Pakistan'•  Chairman,'Crop'Life'Pakistan'•  Member,'Farmers'Associa:on'of'Pakistan'•  Lead,'Seed'Physiology'Lab,'UAF'•  Nominee'from'each'province'•  Director'ORIC'(UAF)'•  Chairman,'PBG'(UAF)'•  Director,'IHS'(UAF)'

Educa&onal*Board*1.*Seed*Physiology*&*Technology*Dr#Norbert#Leist#(Germany)#Dr#Dennis#Tompson#(USA)#Dr#Shahzad#Basra#(UAF)##Dr#Muhammad#Amjad#(UAF)#Dr#M.#Aslam#Pervez#(UAF)#Dr#Irfan#Afzal#(UAF)##2.*Plant*Breeding*&*Gene&cs*Dr#Abdus#Salam#(UAF)#Dr#Khalid#Aziz#(RaHan#Maize)#Dr#Shahid#Niaz#(AARI)#Dr#Mehboob#Subhani#(AARI)#Dr#Muhammad#Arif#(NIBGE)#Dr#Zulifquar#Ahmad#(UAF)##

3.*Seed*Processing*&*Condi&oning*Dr#Johan#Van#Asbrouck#(Rhino#Research)#Dr#AnwarQul#Haq#(DaSa#agro#Seeds),##Mr#Shafiq#Ur#Rehman#(Kissan#Seeds#Pvt#Ltd.**4.#Seed*Biotechnology*Dr#Kent#Bradford#(UC#Davis)#Mr#Muhammad#Asim#(Monsanto#Pakistan)#Dr#Sultan#Habib#Ullah#(UAF)##5.*Germplasm*preserva&on*Dr#Saddar#Uddin#Siddique#(NARC)##6.*Seed*cer&fica&on*&*Registra&on*Dr#Abdul#Rauf#BhuSa#(Director#FSC#&#RD)##

Office%Bearers!!•  President/%Dr%Shakeel%Ahmed%Khan%•  Vice%President/I%•  Vice%President/II%•  Treasurer%• General%Secretary%

Objec&ves)of)PSA)•  Strengthen) collabora&on) between) public) and) private) seed)

sectors)

•  Human) resource) development) in) seed) technology) through)training)workshops)

•  Improvement)in)seed)research)and)development)in)the)region)

•  Crea&ng) awareness) among) seed) companies) about) innova&ve)technologies)

•  Reinforce)collabora&on)at)interna&onal)level)•  ))

Collaboration with public & private sectors

Pak-US proposal worth 500,000 US$Maize CGIAR Research Program worth 150,000 US$ “Improving livelihood of maize farming community in south and southeast regions through adoption of cutting edge proprietary technologies”

Capacity building workshop-I

Dawn News, 14 Oct, 2013

Capacity building workshop-II

Capacity building workshop-III

In Process

ConclusionsEnhanced national capacity for improved seed production, multiplication and distribution

Build proper modules for drying and storage to reduce post-harvest losses

Improved seed quality assurance procedure in place to ensure sustained production and distribution of high quality seed to farmers

Effective seed policies and regulations in place to enable and promote increased seed trade

Research Team

Hafeez ur Rehman Dr Shahzad Basra

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Acknowledgement

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