The document provides information about the Federal Seed Certification and Registration Department (FSC&RD) of Pakistan. It discusses the history, mandate, functions, organizational structure, seed laws and regulations, plant variety registration process, seed certification procedure, achievements over the last five years, seed companies and production, new seed legislation issues, and staffing details of the FSC&RD. The document contains information on various functions of the department to regulate and control seed quality in Pakistan.

1. FEDERAL SEED CERTIFICATION &
REGISTRATION DEPARTMENT
BY
MASOOD QAMAR QURESHI
DIRECTOR GENERAL
10-4-2019

2. Sequence of Presentation
1. Brief History
2. FSC&RD Mandate, Functions
3. Seed Laws/Rules
4. Organogram and Human Resource
5. Plant Variety Registration
6. Seed Certification
7. Seed Import Regulation
8. Seed Quality Monitoring
9. Achievements- Last five years
10. Achievements- Over four decades
11. Seed Companies and share in Seed Production
12. New Seed Legislations
13. Issues

3. BRIEF HISTORY
Seed Act, 1976
Seed Industry Development Project initiated
with support from World Bank
Institutions Established
- National Seed Council
- Provincial Seed Councils.
- Federal Seed Certification Agency (FSCA)
- National Seed Registration Agency NSRA)
- FSCA & NSRA merged as FSC&RD in
1997

4. MANDATE UNDER SEED ACT, 1976
“To Provide for controlling and regulating the
quality of seeds of various varieties of crops
and for matters connected therewith”
FUNCTIONS OF FSC&RD
a) Controlling the quality of seeds
b) Certification of seeds
c) Registration of varieties
d) Registration of Seed Business
e) Registration of Horticulture nurseries
f) Seed quality monitoring in the market
g) Providing technical advice to National Seed
Council

5. Seed Laws, Rules and Regulations
Seed Laws/Rules Year of Notification
Seed Act, 1976 1976
Seed (Registration) Rules, 1987 1987
Procedures, Directions and Seed Standards, 1988
Seed (Truth-in-Labeling) Rules, 1991 1991
Pakistan Fruit Plants Certification Rules, 1998 1998
Seed (Amendment) Act, 2015 2015
Seed (Business Regulation) Rules, 2016 2016
Plant Breeders Rights Act, 2016 2016
Plant Breeders’ Rights Rules 2018

6. FSC&RD (Headquarter), Islamabad
DIRECTOR GENERAL
DIRECTOR (SR)DIRECTOR (SAE) DIRECTOR
(ST)
Deputy
Director
(Tech &
SAE)
Accounts
Officer
Deputy
Director
(SR
&Seed
Import)
1. SA(SR&DUS)
2. SCO (Seed Companies)
3. SA(Plant & Nursery Reg.)
Deputy
Director
(Head Qtr.)
Asst.
Director
(Admn.)
Central Seed Testing Lab.
Seed Purity Lab.
SCO (Lab. & IC)/
Seed Analyst
Lab. Assistant
Seed Germination
Lab.
Dy. Director/
Seed Analyst
Lab. Assistant
DIRECTOR
(SC)
Seed Health Lab.
Dy. Director/
Seed Analyst
Lab. Assistant
SCO-Seed Certification Officer
Biotech Lab.
Dy. Director /
Seed Analyst
Lab. Assistant

7. REGIONAL SETUP OF FSC & RD,
1. Lahore.
2. Bahawalpur.
3. Bahawalnagar.
4. Bhakkar.
5. D.G.Khan.
6. Faisalabad.
7. Gujranwala.
8. Khanewal.
9. Multan.
10. R.Y.Khan.
11. Sahiwal.
12. Sargodha.
13. T.T.Singh.
14. Vehari.
REGIONAL DIRECTOR
PUNJAB
Deputy Director
Seed Cert. Officer/
Seed Analyst
REGIONAL DIRECTOR
BALOCHISTAN & SINDH
Deputy Director
1. Hyderabad.
2. Karachi.
3. Larkana.
4. Mirpur Khas.
5. Sakrand.
6. Sukkur.
1. Quetta
2. Dera
Allahyar.
REGIONAL DIRECTOR
KPK &GB
Deputy Director
Seed Cert. Officer/
Seed Analyst
Seed Cert. Officer/
Seed Analyst
1. Peshawar.
2. Abbotabad.
3. D.I.Khan.
4. Mingora
(Swat)
DIRECTOR GENERAL
ISLAMABAD
Deputy Director
1. Gilgit-Baltistan
Total No. of Labs. 28
27 (Field)
01 (Hqr.)

8. Sr. Post (BPS) Sanctioned
Strength
Vacant
1. Director General (20) 01 00
2. Directors (19) 07 04
3. Deputy Directors (18) 17 08
4. Accounts Officer (18) 01 0
5. Assistant Director (Admn) (17) 01 0
6 Seed Certification Officer (17+RS. 200 as special pay) 43 36
7. Seed Analysts, Research Officers,
Seed Certification/Testing Assistants (17)
38 08
8. Admin Officer (16) 01 01
9. Superintendent (16) 04 01
10. Shipping officer (16) 01 00
11. Assistant Marketing Officer (16) 01 00
Sub Total:
115 57
12. Non-Gazetted Staff 288 37
Grand Total 403 94
STAFF STRENGTH

9. 1. FSC&RD OFFICERS/OFFICIALS
STRENGTH
374
2. DEVOLVED FID &ALMA,
OFFICERS/OFFICIALS STRENGTH
23
3. DEVOLVED OFFICIALS OF SOIL SURVEY
OF PAKISTAN STRENGTH
6
TOTAL 403
SUMMARY OF STRENGTH

10. Budget/Funds Availability
Year Employees related
(Rs in Millions)
Operational
(Rs in Millions)
Total
(Rs in Millions)
2015-16 157.75 42.25 200.00
2016-17 164.24 43.01 207.25
2017-18 176.657 38.94 215.60
2018-19 210.937 38.86 249.800
10

11. Major Functions

12. Formal System Informal system
Farmer to
farmer
Farmer own
saved seedPublic sector Private sector
Research
Institutes
developing
varieties (Pre-
basic & Basic
seed)
Provincial Seed
corporations (3)
Basic & Certified
National
Seed
Companies
Multi-
national
seed
Companies
Importers
(certified
seed)
Quality Cover by;
Federal Seed
Certification &
Registration Dept.,
Islamabad.
Purchased
from Aarti

13. 1. Plant Variety Registration
(Requirements)
1. Application for variety registration on form A.
2. Seed sample of the candidate variety.
3. Morphological description of the candidate
variety.
4. Undertaking by the applicant not to use gene
terminator technology in case of GMCs
5. Approval for commercialization by the national
bio-safety committee (NBC) in case of GMCs
6. Data regarding agronomic value.

14. Notification by the
Federal Government
CROP VARIETY DEVELOPMENT AND RELEASE SYSTEM
Variety Release System
Breeder
Micro Trials
Zonal Trials
FSC&RD
(DUS)
PARC-VEC
(VCU)
Evaluation
FSRC Provincial Technical
Expert Sub-Committee
Provincial and National Seed Council
Commercial Seed Production
ABBREVIATIONS
DUS: Distinctness Uniformity Stability VEC: Variety Evaluation Committee
VCU: Value for Cultivation and Use FSRC: Federal Seed Registration Committee
FSC&RD: Federal Seed Certification & Registration Department
Approval & Release
FSC&RD

15. CROP No. of Registered and Released Varieties
Punjab Sindh Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa
Baluchistan Islamabad PVT Pakistan
Wheat 69 25 51 08 06 -- 159
Barley 05 - 03 04 --- 12
Maize 15 - 15 -- --- 07 37
Rice 25 14 07 --- --- -- 46
Cotton 105 30 02 --- --- 28 165
Sugarcane 16 13 17 --- -- 01 47
Pulses 52 04 23 01 05 -- 85
Oilseeds 30 05 23 -- 09 05 72
Fodders 31 --- 07 01 --- 02 41
Vegetables 52 01 13 08 --- -- 74
Fruits 24 02 36 -- -- -- 62
Flowers 03 - - - - - 03
Total 427 94 197 22 20 43 803
Summary of Released Varieties

16. 2. Seed Certification
Acceptance of a Seed Lot by FSC&RD
into one of the recognized seed
categories i.e. pre-basic, basic, certified
& approved after compliance of
certification procedure

17. Seed Certification Procedure
Inspection Report
Seed testing Report
Lot No. is Issued
Final Seed Testing Report
Application on Form-01 (by Seed Company/Corporation)
Crop Inspection (Form-02)
Seed Sampling (Form-03)
Seed Testing (before processing)
Seed Testing (Form-04) (after processing)
Issuance of Tags (Formal Certification cover)

18. Seed Traceability- Field to CSTL.
FSC & RD Field Lab.
Crop Inspection (Pre-basic, Basic, Certified.)
Seed Sampling Lot No. allotted*
KL660022
*(Serial of Lot No.
issued to every Lab. by
FSCRD Isbd every year
by Director Seed
Testing)
Local Lab.
Testing
Sealed
Sample
Post Check to CSTL
CSTL receives samples
from all field Labs
through Dir.(ST)/QM after
codingResults to
Dir. (ST)/Q.M
Three samples are drawn

19. 5 Years Area, Seed Requirement and Seed Availability
Crop Area Total seed Seed Availability (M.T)
000 Ha requirement 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
Wheat 9110 1093200 271251 375603 315020 421615 476294
25% 35% 29% 39% 44%
Cotton 3200 55329 20715 34521 29364 44076 33524
52% 86% 73% 80% 61%
Paddy 2830 55268 49608 47730 57138 51717 59629
117% 105% 100% 94% 108%
Maize 1109 33261 14008 18328 19829 24251 20543
44% 57% 59% 72% 62%
Pulses 1337 48132 917 975 1489 3182 3229
2% 2% 3% 7% 7%
Oilseeds 830 10790 2039 1791 591 631 285
19% 17% 6% 6% 3%
Vegetables
280 8400 4748 5262 7427 10119 11644
94% 104% 95% 120% 139%
Fodders 2038 61140 20940 27770 37335 36499 40835
52% 69% 93% 60% 67%
Potato 149 372725 4281 8734 3051 6837 7126
1% 2% 1% 2% 2%
Total 20883 1738245 388403 520551 471243 608554 653108
23% 31% 28% 35% 38%

20. Seed Requirement and Availability
seed Act Enforcement
progress report for the last 3 years
2015-16 to 2017-18

21. Area, Seed Requirement and Seed Availability
(for Sowing Rabi 2015-16 and Kharif 2016)
Crop Area Total seed Targeted Seed Availability (M.T)
000 Ha requireme Seed Requi. Public Private Imported Total
MT MT (Loc+Imp)
Wheat 9,045 1,085,400 217,080 75,455 239,566 0 315,020
7% 22% 29%
Cotton 3,200 40,000 40,000 687 28,677 29,364
2% 72% 73%
Paddy 2,847 46,660 12,744 4,269 43,962 8,907 57,138
9% 94% 19% 100%
Maize 1,064 31,914 9,574 70 3,105 16,654 19,829
0% 10% 52% 62%
Pulses 1,337 47,496 9,499 230 1,259 0 1,489
0% 3% 0% 3%
Oilseeds 830 10,582 2,116 2 95 494 591
0% 1% 5% 6%
Vegetables 254 5,570 5,070 21 106 7,301 7,427
0% 2% 131% 95%
Fodders 1,942 40,138 40,138 - 27 37,307 37,335
0% 0% 93% 93%
Potato 149 372,725 74,545 - - 3,051 3,051
0% 0% 1% 1%
Total 20,668 1,680,485 410,766 80,734 316,796 73,714 471,243
4.80% 18.85% 4.39% 28.04%
Pulses; include gram, mungbean, mashbean, lentil and others etc.
Oliseeds; include rape & mustard, canola, sunflower, groundnut, sesamum and others etc
Fodders; include different Rabi and Kharif fodders.
Vegetables; include different Rabi and Kharif vegetables.

22. Area, Seed Requirement and Seed Availability
for Sowing Rabi 2016-17 and Kharif 2017
Crop Area Total seed Targeted Seed Availability (M.T)
000 Ha requirement Seed Requi. Public Private Imported Total
MT MT (Loc+Imp)
Wheat 9,110 1,093,200 218,640 86,200 335,415 421,615
8% 31% 39%
Cotton 3,200 55,329 55,329 1,246 42,830 44,076
2% 77% 80%
Paddy 2,830 55,268 12,744 3,322 43,097 5,299 51,717
6% 78% 10% 94%
Maize 1,109 33,261 9,978 656 17,078 16,145 33,878
2% 51% 49% 102%
Pulses 1,337 48,132 9,499 747 2,435 0 3,182
2% 5% 0% 7%
Oilseeds 830 10,790 2,116 3 529 99 631
0% 5% 1% 6%
Vegetables 280 8,400 5,070 96 874 9,149 10,119
1% 10% 109% 120%
Fodders 2,038 61,140 40,138 5 7 36,487 36,499
0% 0% 60% 60%
Potato 149 372,725 74,545 - - 6,837 6,837
0% 0% 2% 2%
Total 20,883 1,738,245 428,059 92,274 442,264 74,015 608,554
5.31% 25.44% 4.26% 35.01%
Pulses; include gram, mungbean, mashbean, lentil and others etc.
Oliseeds; include rape & mustard, canola, sunflower, groundnut, sesamum and others etc
Fodders; include different Rabi and Kharif fodders.
Vegetables; include different Rabi and Kharif vegetables.

23. Area, Seed Requirement and Seed Availability 2017-18
(Sowing Rabi 2018-19 and Kharif 2019)
Crop Area Total seed Targeted Seed Availability (M.T)
000 Ha requirement Seed Requi. Public Private Imported Total
MT MT (Loc+Imp)
Wheat 9110 1093200 218640 43438 395463 0 438901
4% 36% 0% 40%
Cotton 3200 55329 40000 1354 54407 0 55762
2% 98% 0% 101%
Paddy 2830 55268 12744 3071 59841 8906 71818
6% 108% 16% 130%
Maize 1109 33261 9978 220 6537 16653 23409
1% 20% 50% 70%
Pulses 1337 48132 9499 902 2392 0 3293
2% 5% 0% 7%
Oilseeds 830 10790 2116 7 357 147 511
0% 3% 1% 5%
Vegetables 280 8400 5070 76 790 11681 12547
1% 9% 139% 149%
Fodders 2038 61140 40138 34 6041 38272 44347
0% 10% 63% 73%
Potato 149 372725 74545 0 0 7126 7126
0% 0% 2% 2%
Total 20883 1738245 412730 49102 525828 82785 657714
3% 30% 5% 38%
Pulses; include gram, mungbean, mashbean, lentil and others etc.
Oliseeds; include rape & mustard, canola, sunflower, groundnut, sesamum and others etc
Fodders; include different Rabi and Kharif fodders.
Vegetables; include different Rabi and Kharif vegetables.
Note:Figures are in progress.

24. Year
Public
Sector
(MT)
% share of
Public
sector
Private
Sector
(MT)
Total
(MT)
% share of
Private
Sector
2013-14 81796 21% 304,071 385867 79%
2014-15 80956 16% 419,364 500,320 84%
2015-16 79043 14% 485,549 564,592 86%
2016-17 78,211 12% 579,939 658150 88%
Share of Public and private sector seed
availability

25. SEED IMPORT REGULATION

26. Seed Import Regulation at ports
1) Import of seed of only those varieties is allowed
which have been approved by the Agriculture
Research Institutes and entered and notified by the
FSC&RD .
2) Initially, seed sample not exceeding experimental
quantity up to 10 kg, is allowed to be imported for
adaptability trials
3) Annually around 3000 seed testing certificates are
issued by FSC&RD for seed import consignments.

27. Marking and Labeling Import of seed
All imported seed shall bear a label with the
following information:
 Lot No.
Crop/Species
Variety
Quantity
Purity
Germination %
Other seeds %
Month/Year of production
Date of expiry

28. Procedure for Seed Imports’ Regulation
Requirements before commercial import
i. 2 years adaptability/multi-location trials by
Research Institutes for commercial import
ii. Recommendation by VEC and Enlisting of
varieties based on performance in trials
Requirements at the time of commercial import
i. Examination of import documents and Notified
Labeling Requirements
ii. Drawing of samples by FSC&RD Inspectors
iii. Quality analysis of the drawn samples
iv. Issuance of Release orders by FSC&RD

29. Submission of application along with
requisite documents for release of seed
consignment by the importer/agent
Scrutiny of the application
Verification of seed label, drawing of
seed sample and submission to seed
testing lab
Seed quality analysis in seed
testing laboratory
Release of consignments
which meet the standards
submitted to the
Notified Seed
Inspector
Notified Seed
Inspector
Notified Seed
Inspector
Designated Seed
Analyst
Notified Seed
Inspector
FLOW DIAGRAM OF THE BUSINESS PROCESS FOR RELEASE OF SEED CONSIGNMENT

30. SEED IMPORT OPV vs HYB (Pakistan)- Last
03 Years
2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
Qty (MT) Value
(Billion Rs.)
Qty (MT) Value
(Billion Rs.)
Qty (MT) Value
(Billion Rs.)
Vegetables
OPV 6629 1.94 7684 1.37 8144 1.70
HYB 852 3.26 1325 3.62 816 3.59
Cereals
OPV 2794 0.13 1138 0.05 411 0.02
HYB 21565 8.39 20458 7.76 24600 10.83
Fodders
OPV 20153 2.81 14590 2.23 17856 2.62
HYB 19829 2.02 21546 1.65 19179 1.57
Oilseeds
OPV 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 0.00
HYB 157 0.09 174 0.18 130 0.12
Potato
OPV 4132 0.16 6839 0.48 8763 0.62
HYB 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
Others +
Ornamental
OPV 172 0.06 279 0.13 195 0.12
0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
TOTAL
OPV 33879 5.10 30531 4.27 35371 5.08
HYB 42403 13.75 43503 13.20 44724 16.12
Grand Total 76282 18.85 74034 17.47 80096 21.19

31. SEED QUALITY MONITORING

32. Seed Quality Monitoring
• Seed Inspectors are notified for different areas.
• Only notified Seed Inspector have power to exercise
seed act enforcement.
• Only registered seed dealers, companies are
allowed to do seed business.
• Only approved varieties’ seed is eligible to be sold.
• Samples drawn by Seed Inspector are tested in the
Lab of the area.
• Chalaans of fake/substandard seed are submitted by
the respective inspector to the court.

33. Seed Quality Monitoring Rabi 2015 and Kharif 2016
Sr. No. Station
No. of
Challan
Quantity Seized (Kg)
TotalCotton
Paddy Mazie Wheat
Vege-
tables
Pulses Fodders Oilseed
Fuzzy Delinted Total
1 R.Y.Khan 24 742.00 0.00 742.00 2945.00 78.00 3765.00
2 Khanewal 34 68.00 1288.00 1356.00 450.00 120.00 1926.00
3 Bahawalpur 11 370.00 370.00 2250.00 2620.00
4 Multan 16 330.00 1345.00 1675.00 0.00 100.00 1775.00
5 Toba Tek Singh 11 0.00 375.00 375.00 0.00 375.00
6 D.G.Khan 19 430.00 275.00 705.00 40.00 1400.00 2145.00
7 Vehari 30 20.00 1635.00 1655.00 80.00 360.00 4105.00 6200.00
8 Faisalabad 25 500.00 500.00 380.00 880.00
9 Lahore 7 0.00 1820.00 1820.00
10 Sargodha 5 0.00 580.00 580.00
11 Bhakkar 10 865.00 865.00 190.00 1055.00
12 Sahiwal 18 7165.00 7165.00 60.00 240.00 7465.00
13 Bahawalnagar 31 790.00 790.00 140.00 160.00 80.00 10.00 1180.00
14 Islamabad 6 0.00 2142.00 2142.00
Total (Punjab) 247 9915.00 6283.00 16198.00 280.00 560.00 16582.00 0.00 308.00 0.00 0.00 33928.00
1 Peshawar 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
2 D.I.Khan 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Total (KPK) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
1 Hyderabad 12 1040.00 15.00 1055.00 700.00 0.00 1755.00
2 Mirpur Khas 23 2850.00 2850.00 500.00 120.00 3470.00
3 Sukkur 13 2130.00 2130.00 100.00 2650.00 4880.00
4 Sakrand 4 940.00 940.00 0.00 940.00
Total (Sindh) 52 6960.00 15.00 6975.00 800.00 0.00 3150.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 120.00 11045.00
1 Quetta 12 240.00 240.00 0.00 240.00
Total (Balochistan) 12 240.00 0.00 240.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 240.00
GRAND TOTAL 311 17115.00 6298.00 23413.00 1080.00 560.00 19732.00 0.00 308.00 0.00 120.00 45213.00

34. Seed Quality Monitoring Rabi 2016 and Kharif 2017
Sr. No. Station
No. of
Challan
Quantity Seized (Kg)
TotalCotton
Paddy Mazie Wheat
Vege-
tables
Pulses Fodders Oilseed
Fuzzy Delinted Total
1 R.Y.Khan 20 1440.00 1440.00 850.00 2290.00
2 Khanewal 10 480.00 480.00 2500.00 2980.00
3 Bahawalpur 0.00 0.00
4 Multan 0.00 0.00 0.00
5 Toba Tek Singh 9 387.00 387.00 360.00 747.00
6 D.G.Khan 15 208.00 208.00 1500.00 1708.00
7 Vehari 10 490.00 490.00 490.00
8 Faisalabad 15 205.00 205.00 1500.00 1705.00
9 Lahore 5 0.00 100.00 480.00 580.00
10 Sargodha 12 15.00 39.00 54.00 28.00 190.00 50.00 322.00
11 Bhakkar 8 310.00 240.00 550.00 1400.00 40.00 1990.00
12 Sahiwal 44 500.00 500.00 200.00 48760.00 2540.00 50.00 10.00 27.00 52087.00
13 Bahawalnagar 53 1645.00 1645.00 3420.00 5065.00
14 Islamabad 0.00 0.00
Total (Punjab) 201 4588.00 1371.00 5959.00 228.00 48860.00 14740.00 50.00 100.00 27.00 0.00 69964.00
1 Peshawar 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
2 D.I.Khan 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Total (KPK) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
1 Hyderabad 0.00
2 Mirpur Khas 1 9600.00 9600.00
3 Sakrand 0 0.00
4 Sukkur 11 34800.00 34800.00
Total (Sindh) 12 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 44400.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 44400.00
1 Quetta 3 150.00 25.00 175.00
2 Dera Allah Yar 0.00
Total (Balochistan) 3 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 150.00 25.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 175.00
TOTAL (PAK) 216 4588.00 1371.00 5959.00 228.00 48860.00 59290.00 75.00 100.00 27.00 0.00 114539.00

35. Seed Quality Monitoring Rabi 2017 and Kharif 2018
Sr. No. Station
No. of
Challan
Quantity Seized (Kg)
TotalCotton
Paddy Mazie Wheat
Vege-
tables
Pulses Fodders Oilseed
Fuzzy Delinted Total
1 R.Y.Khan 12 1270.00 25.00 1295.00 0.00 120.00 1415.00
2 Khanewal 37 400.00 3875.00 4275.00 300.00 0.00 340.00 10.00 4925.00
3 Bahawalpur 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
4 Multan 23 325.00 440.00 765.00 180.00 1470.00 60.00 100.00 2575.00
5 Toba Tek Singh 14 370.00 370.00 800.00 280.00 1450.00
6 D.G.Khan 22 326.00 326.00 315.00 566.00 515.00 350.00 2072.00
7 Vehari 8 465.00 465.00 20.00 0.00 50.00 535.00
8 Faisalabad 32 435.00 435.00 40.00 1420.00 200.00 30.00 40.00 2165.00
9 Lahore 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
10 Sargodha 4 0.00 160.00 0.00 160.00
11 Bhakkar 13 475.00 475.00 170.00 0.00 50.00 695.00
12 Sahiwal 5 0.00 1393.00 450.00 4.00 1847.00
13 Bahawalnagar 51 1220.00 1220.00 100.00 2070.00 60.00 3450.00
14 Islamabad 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Total (Punjab) 221 4451.00 5175.00 9626.00 355.00 2916.00 6448.00 810.00 460.00 660.00 14.00 21289.00
1 Peshawar 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
2 D.I.Khan 2 0.00 0.00 0.00 500.00 0.00 500.00
3 Abbottabad 0 0.00 0.00
Total (KPK) 2 0.00 0.00 0.00 500.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 500.00
1 Hyderabad 1 200.00 200.00 0.00 200.00
2 Mirpur Khas 25 2110.00 2110.00 4750.00 6860.00
3 Sakrand 9 1420.00 1420.00 700.00 2120.00
4 Sukkur 8 1120.00 1120.00 2500.00 3620.00
5 Larkana 0 0.00 0.00
Total (Sindh) 43 4850.00 0.00 4850.00 0.00 0.00 7950.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 12800.00
1 Quetta 0 0.00 0.00
2 Dera Allah Yar 0 0.00 0.00
Total (Balochistan) 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
TOTAL (PAK) 266 9301.00 5175.00 14476.00 855.00 2916.00 14398.00 810.00 460.00 660.00 14.00 34589.00

36. ACHIEVEMENT OF FSC&RD

37. Seed Availability over past 4 decades
Wheat Paddy Cotton Maize
1982-83 6 5 11 2
1992-93 7 6 36 10
2002-03 19 22 62 15
2017-18 21 109 60 60
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
PercentageofSeedAvailability
Years & Crops

38. Sr. Activities 2017-18
1. Crop Area Inspected (Acres) 509121*
2. Seed Quantity Tested (MT
347627*
3. No. of Varieties Approved (PSC) 76
4. No. of Companies Registered 78
5. DUS Trials 357
6. Fruit Plant Nurseries Registered 60
7. Nursery Fruit Plant Certified 3300
8. Enlisting of imported Varieties/hybrids 846
8. Imported Seed Testing (MT) 80096
9. ISTA Proficiency Test Ratings A= 2
B=1
ACHIEVEMENTOF FSC&RD-2017-18

39. Province Wise Distribution of Seed Companies
Type Punjab Sindh KPK Gilgit
Baltistan
Balochistan Total Status
Public Sector Seed
Organization
1 1 1 - 1 4 Active
National Seed
Companies (Pvt)
721 112 32 3 5 873 Active
*Multinational Seed
Companies
4 1 - - - 5 Active
Total (Active) 726 114 33 3 6 882 Active
Total (Cancelled) 203 37 5 - 3 248 Cancelled
* Bayer Crop Science Pakistan (Pvt.) Ltd., ICI Pakistan (Pvt.) Ltd. (Agro Chemical & Seeds), Monsanto Pakistan Agri. Tech.
(Pvt.) Ltd., Pioneer Pakistan Seed (Pvt.) Ltd. and Sygenta Pakistan Seeds (Pvt.) Ltd.

40. Sr.
No
Fee Charged for Cases Received for
grant of Registration in to Seed
Business
Fee
Charged
Rs
2017-
18
No. of
cases
Amount
Deposited in
Govt
Treasury Rs
1. Fresh Cases of Local Seed Producer 50,000 57 28,50,000
2. Fresh Cases of Seed Importer 75,000 16 12,00,000
3. Fresh Cases of seed Processing Unit 10,000 135 13,50,000
4. Cases registered as Local Seed
Producer in 57th meeting working grp
50,000 68 34,00,000
5. Cases registered as seed Importer in
57th meeting
75,000 09 6,75,000
6. Cases registered as seed exporter in
57th meeting
No Fee 01 0
7. Total Enlistment cases of imported
variety/hybrid
10,000 881 88,10,000
8. DUS trial for new plant varieties 10,000 357 35,70,000
9. Fruit Plant Nurseries Registered 10,000 60 6,00,000
Grand Total
22.45 M
2,24,50,000

41. ACHIEVMENTS-Last 5 Years
• Seed (Amendment) Act 2015
• Seed (Business Regulation) Rules 2016
• Plant Breeder Rights Act 2016 PBR Rules 2018
• Training of seed sector stakeholders ( from public
and private sector)
• Accreditation of Central Seed Testing Lab.(final
stage of grant)
• Seed Dealers trained by FSC&RD
• Seed business operators i.e. local producers,
importers, exporters, processing units and
Horticultural nurseries registered

42. Cont-
A) Introduction of Fruit Plant Certification Scheme in
Pakistan
- Assisted Agriculture Research System in the Establishment OF
GPUs (Fruits)
- Registration of fruit plant varieties and rootstocks
- Registration of fruit tree nurseries
- Training of nurserymen in certified fruit nursery plants
production
- Certified nursery plants production.
B) Capacity building in seed technology of stakeholders
C ) Establishment of Seed Grower Association
D) Establishment of linkages with provincial research
system, agriculture extension department, NGOs.

43. Trainings -2018
Title Date Place Participants Objectives
Training of Seed
Dealers
Continuous
activity from
April 2018
All Punjab
FSC&RD
stations
About 7000 seed
dealers have been
trained out of 15000
registered by Govt.
of Punjab.
Seed Act 1976,
Seed
(amendment) Act
2015, Seed Act
Enforcement
Training for Crop
Inspection, Seed
sampling and
Testing of Wheat
and other Rabi
Crops
21-22 March FSC&RD,
Khanewal
27 FSC&RD Officers.
20 Private sector
representatives
Refresher for crop
inspection of
wheat and Other
Rabi crops
Training
Programme on
Distinctness,
Uniformity and
Stability
04-06
September 2018
Lahore
in collaboration
with FAO
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private seed sector
Capacity
development for
DUS & PBR
Training for Seed
sampling, Cotton
and Paddy Crop
Inspection
1-2 October,
2018
FSC&RD,
Khanewal
32 FSC&RD Officers,
15 private sector
representatives
Capacity
development,
Implementation
of new rules

44. PSDP Ongoing Schemes
Sr Name of the Project Total Cost Status
1 Strengthening of Seed Certification Services
for Food Security in Gilgit Baltistan
Rs.32.52 million
3 Yrs
[1 yr, extension
granted]
(2015-18-19)
Ongoing
Last Year
2 Establishing Online linkages of FSC&RD with
WEBOC System of Pakistan Customs
[WEBOC stands for Web Based One Customs developed by PRAL
(Pakistan Revenue Automation Ltd)., for FBR and its divisions like Customs .
It is a web based system for filing Goods Declarations (GD) for import and
export cargo., which can be used by both Importers, Exporters and their
Customs Clearing Agents]
Rs.17.499 million
2 yrs
(2017-19)
Ongoing
Last Year

45. Sr Name of the Project Total Cost Status
1
Up-gradation and Accreditation of
Seed Testing Laboratory, FSC&RD,
Karachi
Rs.58.47 million
(3 years)
Funds not
allocated
2 Establishment of Plant Breeders’
Rights Registry and Strengthening
of DUS Examination System
Rs.401.499 million
3 yrs
Approved
by CDWP
PSDP New Schemes

46. INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION

47. International Liaison
• Central Seed Testing Lab. of FSC&RD is member
lab of International Seed testing Association
(ISTA).
• CSTL is in final phase of accreditation from ISTA.
Audit for accreditation by ISTA has been planned
on 21-22 November, 2018.
• CSTL accreditation will boost the opportunity of
seed export and its testing would be accepted
world-wide.
• Accreditation of CSTL is also an obligation under
Seed (Amendment) Act 2015 in order to help in
establishing Accreditation Labs by private sector.

48. APSA

49. Initiatives by FSC&RD for Seed
Sector Development.
• NEW SEED LEGISLATIONS
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50. 50
• Act clearly delineates the role of private seed sector
(seed companies, dealers, processing units and fruit
plant nurseries)
• It allows the private sector to produce basic seed for
its multiplication and certification
• Permits easier integration of new plant varieties into
the system through Enlisting.
• Act allows the private sector to establish accredited
seed testing laboratories
• It authorizes the registration of Genetically Modified
Crop varieties (GMCs) subject to law
Seed Amendment Act. 2015
Salient Features

51. • To protect the farmers from the cheating practices
“ Misbranded Seed” clause has been included.
• For the Evaluation of the candidate crop varieties
a Variety Evaluation Committee (VEC)has been
constituted.
• To involve all seed stake holders at Federal and
Provincial level a “ Federal Seed Committee” has
been constituted.
• The Act enhances the penalties for effective
deterrence against sale of sub-standard seed.

52. Provisions in Seed (Amendment) Act, 2015
• Certification kept mandatory for only strategic
crops i.e. wheat, cotton, maize, rice, pulses
(OPVs) and potato;
• All minor crops namely vegetables, oilseeds,
fodder/forages, ornamentals, and hybrids of
strategic crops (wheat, cotton, maize, rice)
linked with Truth in Labeling;
• For easier integration in seed cycle/system,
minor crops linked with enlisting kept as pre-
condition for local production or import

53. Contd…
• Private sector seed companies and
breeders allowed to produce all kinds
of seeds and multiply the same;
• Private sector companies allowed to
establish their own Accredited Seed
Testing Laboratories to test and sell the
seed of enlisted varieties their own
label

54. PLANT BREEDERS’ RIGHTS
• Pakistan being a member of WTO (TRIPs)
Agreement is obliged to provide protection of plant
varieties by Patents or by an effective sui-generis
system or by any combination thereof in compliance
of the Article 27.3 (b) of the TRIPs Agreement.
• Keeping in view the traditional background of our
farming community and socio-economic conditions,
opted Sui-generis system for introducing Intellectual
Property Rights (IPR) for plant varieties.
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55. PRESENT DEVELOPMENT
• Plant Breeders Rights Act 2016 Promulgated;
• PBR Rules, 2018 approved and notified
• Plant Breeders’ Rights Registry Notified in the
Rules of Business, 1973 as an ATTACHED
DEPARTMENT of the Ministry of NFS&R;
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56. Contd…
• 71 posts created and sanctioned for the PBR
Registry;
• Rs. 20 million released for the Registry during the
Current Financial Year 2018-19 under process;
• Registrar appointed to run the Registry;
• PC-I worth Rs. 401 million prepared by the Ministry
has been approved by CDWP for construction of
Building for Registry and development of DUS sites
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57. Key Activities/Institution to be Established
under PBR Act, 2016
• The Plant Breeders’ Rights Registry;
• Appointment of Registrar.
• Constitution of Plant Variety Protection
Advisory Committee (PVPAC)
• Constitution of “Research Incentive Board”

58. Department Issues
• Human Resource Shortage;
• Laboratory infrastructure needs upgrading;
• Rented buildings of field offices and labs;
• No Department owned facility for DUS Trials;
• Seed Act Enforcement activities in-sufficient
(Men and Mobility issues);
• Disposal of old vehicles’ fleet & Inclusion of new
Vehicles.
• Career progression issues (structural issues);
• Financial Disparity [Allowances, Incentives]

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THANKS

60. Salient Provisions of the
Plant Breeders’ Rights Act, 2016
• Setting up Plant Breeders’ Rights Registry under Ministry
of National Food Security and Research
• Providing protection to new plant varieties
• Criterion for protection (DUS):
• Novelty (Newness) of the Variety
• Distinctiveness
• Uniformity
• Stability
• Federal Seed Certification and Registration Department
to perform DUS through lab analysis and field testing
• Registrar to be the Head of the PBR Registry
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61. Contd…….
• Plant Variety Protection Advisory Committee-
Representation of major stakeholders;
• Farmers given the rights to save, sow, re-sow
the harvested seed;
• The rights of benefit sharing of the local
community preserved;
• Compulsory Licensing for acts against public
interest;
• Given incentives for the promotion of research
and development.
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