Strengthening Pakistan seed industry through establishing Pakistan Seed Academy IRFAN AFZAL, PhD Department of Crop Physiology University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 1
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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Questions?