History, Achievement and plan for National Wheat Coordination in Pakistan

1. WHEAT RESEARCH
COORDINATION & DEVELOPMENT
IN PAKISTAN
Dr. Muhammad Anjum Ali
Member Plant Sciences Division PARC
PRESENTATION AT NATIONAL WHEAT CONFERNCE AT NARC
ISLAMABAD SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

2. WORLD WHEAT PRODUCTION
17.250
35.109
26.800
25.600
31.700
62.859
72.529
97.000
130.00
145.699
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180
Turkey
Australia
Ukraine
Pakistan
Canada
United States
Russian Federation
India
China
EU-27
Mln Tons

3. * Targets
AREA, PRODUCTION AND YIELD IN PAKISTAN

4. PRODUCTION TREND IN PAKISTAN

5. WHEAT PRODUCTION & POPULATION

6. Year Requirement (m. tones) Av. Yield (tones/ha)
2015 26.5 2.9
2020 28.8 3.2
2025 31.4 3.5
2030 34.3 3.8
WHEAT: PROJECTED REQUIREMENTS
It includes human consumption (120 Kg / person with population growth of 1.8% per annum),
feed and seed (10% of production), food security reserve (1.0 million tones)

7. 2.8
6
8.2
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
National Average
Yield
Progressive Farmers
Average Yield
Potential Yield
8
ACHIEVABLE POTENTIAL
Source: Pakistan Agricultural Research Council
WHEAT: YIELD GAP ANALYSIS

8. Ecologies Wheat
Area Shares (%)
Cotton-Wheat 33.5
Rice-Wheat 10.7
Mix-Cropping 39.8
Rainfed 8.5
Desert 2.7
Horticulture 4.1
Mountainous 0.6
WHEAT: PRODUCTION SHARES (ECOLOGIES)
Ecologies Wheat
Production Shares (%)
Cotton-Wheat 38.2
Rice-Wheat 11.0
Mix-Cropping 39.9
Rainfed 5.8
Desert 2.4
Horticulture 2.3

9. PURPOSES
 Knowledge Sharing
 Germplasm Sharing
 Resource Sharing
 Human Resource Development
 Joint Planning
 Joint Implementation
 Coordinated umbrella projects
All the relevant National
and International partners
are linked through PARC
Coordinated research programs re-organized to distinct
research & coordination
National Coordinator now placed at PARC Hqs.
COORDINATION MECHANISM

10. 11
1. Coordination of research and development activities
2. Identification of research gaps at National level
3. Development and maintenance of database
4. Maintain liaison and relationship with stakeholders
5. Acquire/distribute indigenous and exotic germplasm
6. Arrange and supervise National Uniform Yield Trail
7. Arrange annual planning meeting, VEC meeting,
Traveling seminars and conferences/ Workshops
8. To arrange Trainings for capacity Building of partner
institutes
CORE ACTIVITIES

11. 1) Wheat Research Programme, NARC Islamabad
2) University of Agriculture, Faisalabad
3) Wheat Research Institute (WRI) AARI, Faisalabad
4) Regional Agricultural Resaerch Institute (RARI), Bahawalpur
5) Barani Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) Chakwal
6) Nuclear Institute Agriculture (NIA), Tandojam
7) Wheat Research Institute (WRI) Sakrand
8) Agricultural Research Institute (ARI), D.I.Khan
9) Cereal Crops Research Institute (CCRI) Pirsabak, Nowshera
10) Nuclear Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), Peshawar
11) University of Agriculture, Peshawar
12) Agricultural Research Institute (ARI) Sariab, Quetta
13) Baluchistan Agricultural Research Centre (BARC) Quetta
14) Department of Agriculture, Muzaffarabad, AJK
15) Summer Agricultural Research Station (SARS) Kaghan
16) Mountain Agricultural Research Centre (MARC) Gilgit.
NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL
PARTNERS
INTERNATIONAL PARTNER CENTERS CIMMYT, ICARDA,USDA-ARS

12. Source /
Year
2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-2016 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
CIMMYT 99 108 116 129 165 163 127
ICARDA 25 18 80 86 82 97 59
TOTAL 124 126 196 215 247 260 186
• Germplasm was distributed to 23 collaborators in the country
• 55% of wheat varieties released from exotic material
GERMPLASM ACQUISITION & DISTRIBUTION
(NO OF SETS)

13. 14
NUWYT
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17
2017-18
IRRIGATED 36 40 40 50 60 60
RAIN FED 24 24
Total 60 64 40 50 60 60
NATIONAL UNIFORM WHEAT YIELD TRIALS
ACHIEVEMENTS: SO FAR 148 WHEAT VARIETIES
HAVE BEEN RELEASED THROUGH TIS SYSTEM

14. Locations of NUWYT-Irrigated
Locations of NUWYT-Rainfed
KPK

15. COORDINATED
WHEAT
PROGRAMME
INTERNATIONAL CENTRES
- CIMMYT
- ICARDA
PROVINCIAL AND
FEDERAL BREEDERS
PRELIMINARY &
ADVANCE TESTING
CANDIDATE VARIETY
RELEASED/
RECOMMENDED FOR
DIFFERENT ECOLOGIES
RECOMMENDATIONS TO
VARIETY EVALUATION
COMMITTEE (VEC)
DATA ANALYSES
& COMPILATION
BEST LINES
SELECTED
NWDSN (CDRP)
FSC & RD
QUALITY
NUYT
DISEASE
(CDRP)
ADAPTATION
FARMER
SEED COUNCILS
• MATERIAL DEVELOPED
THROUGH HYBRIDIZATION
• TESTING OF
INTERNATIONAL MATERIAL
SEED AGENCIES
MECHANISM: FOR VARIETAL TESTING & RELEASE

16. COMMODITIES
ENTRIES
TESTED
TRIALS
PLANTED
VARIETIES RELEASED
BREAD WHEAT 1418 4413 154
DURUM / TRITICALE 99 403 3
BARLEY 215 390 11
TOTAL 1732 5206 168
ACHIEVEMENTS WITH COOPERATION OF
NARS PARTNERS: 1978 TO DATE
2017: 09 WHEAT VARIETIES RELEASED (06 IN KP
PROVINCE AND 3 IN PUNJAB)

17. • NTE/TWS held during 2018
• Participated by wheat scientists
form all parts of Pakistan
• Traveled through Sindh, Punjab,
Khyber Pukhtunkhuwa,
Objective:
 Jointly assess the status of crop
 Wheat production issues
 Monitoring of NUYT
 Identify priority research areas
Visited
• Research centers / institutes (20)
• NUYT Trials Observed (26)
• Seed companies (3)
• >60 Farmers / fields
NUYT TRIALS EVALUATION/TWS

18. 2015: September 08-10,
NARC, Islamabad
2016: October, 26-27,
NARC, Islamabad
2017: September 06-07,
NARC, Islamabad
Participation:
• National and International centers
• Extension institutions,
• Private sector and policy makers
Discussion Agenda:
• Research and production issues
• Achievements of cooperating units
• Plan of work.
• Future strategies and
recommendations
No of participants: 60-90
ANNUAL WHEAT PLANNING
MEETING

19. THANK YOU