PSSP Third Annual Conference "Agricultural and Natural Resource Issues and Policy Reform" Islamabad, Pakistan April 14, 2015

2. Agricultural Innovation
 Sustainable Transformation of innovation in
agriculture sector is called development.
 Agriculture Sector Development means market
expansion and poverty alleviation of 70%
population of Pakistan by providing food security to
200 Million people.

3. INNOVATIONS IN
AGRICULTURE
BY PRIVATE SECTOR
• SEED DEVELOPMENT
• GM TRANSFORMATION
• FERTILIZER USE AND PRODUCTION
• CROP PROTECTION
• CROP PRODUCTION
• TEXTILE, SUGAR, RICE & OIL MILLS
• FARM MACHINERY
• VALUE ADDITION

4. SEED DEVELOPMENT

5. SEED DEVELOPMENT
 BEFORE 1994 THE SEED WAS IN PUBLIC SECTOR PROVIDING CERTIFIED
SEEDS TO LIMITED AREA.
 IN 1994 THE PRIVATE SECTOR CAME IN AND TOOK THE RESPONSIBILITY
OF MULTIPLYING THE SEED OF APPROVED VARIETIES AND ENSURED THE
SUPPLY TO FARMERS AS CERTIFIED SEEDS.
 TODAY MORE THAN 100 SEED COMPANIES ARE SERIOUSLY INVOLVED IN
PRODUCTION OF CERTIFIED OP,HYBRID AND GMO SEEDS.
 RESULTANTLY CROPS STAND IMPROVED AND YEILD INCRESED ON
MAJOR CROPS.

6. COTTON PRODUCTION PATTERN PAKISTAN
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12000
12500
13000
13500
14000
14500
15000
Yield(Kg/ha)
Production(000bales)
Area (000 ha) Production (000 bales) Lint Yield (Kgs/ha)
Source: Bureau of Statistics Govt. of Pakistan

7. PRODUCTION OF WHEAT
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5000
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15000
20000
25000
30000
Production of Wheat
PROD. (000 Ton)
Source: Bureau of Statistics Govt. of Pakistan

8. PRODUCTION OF RICE per hector
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6000
7000
8000
Production of Rice PROD. (000 Ton)
Source: Bureau of Statistics Govt. of Pakistan

9. PRODUCTION OF MAIZE
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4500
5000
Production of Maize PROD. (000 Ton)
Source: Bureau of Statistics Govt. of Pakistan

10. PRODUCTION OF SUGARCANE
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20000
30000
40000
50000
60000
70000
Production of Sugarcane PROD. (000 Ton)
Source: Bureau of Statistics Govt. of Pakistan

11. FERTILIZER

12. FERTILIZER
 BEFORE PRIVATIZATION THE USE OF FERTILIZER WAS LIMITED AND
EMPHASIS WAS ON NITROGENOUS FERTILIZERS.
 THE PRIVATE SECTOR POPULARIZED THE USE OF BALANCED FERTILIZER
INCLUDING PHOSPHATIC AND POTASH AS WELL.
 THE USE OF FERTILIZER INCREASED MANY FOLDS AND PRODUCTION OF
CROPS INCREASED SIMULTANEOUSLY.
 THE PRIVATE SECTOR INTRODUCED FOR THE FIRST TIME THE USE OF MICRO
NUTRIENTS IN2004 TO MEET THE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS OF PLANTS TO
GET HIGHER YIELD.

13. FERTILIZER CONSUMPTION
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3500
1981 1985 1990 2000 2012
Source: Bureau of Statistics Govt. of Pakistan
Nirogen 000 MT
Phosphorus
000MT

14. MICRO FERTILIZERS INDUSTRY
 THE USE OF MICRO FERTILIZERS IN CROP AND HORTICULTURE
FRUITS STARTED IN 2004.
 THE PRIVATE SECTOR RIGHTLY IDENTIFIED THE DEFICIENCIES OF OM,
ZINC, BORON AND FERROUS IN OUR SOILS. SOLUTIONS WERE
PROVIDED TO FARMERS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND YIELD OF
FRUITS, VEGETABLES AND FIELD CROPS.
 RESULTANTLY QUALITY PRODUCTION INCREASED.

15. CROP PROTECTION

16. CROP PROTECTION
 BEFORE PRIVATIZATION OF PESTICIDE IMPORTS IN 1985 ,THE TOTAL
AREA UNDER PLANT PROTECTION WAS ONLY 16% OF COTTON.
 WITH THE INDUCTION OF PRIVATE SECTOR THE SPRAYED AREAS
ENHANCED TO ALMOST 100% IN MAJOR CROPS AND INCREASED THE
YIELD.
 BEFORE PRIVATIZATION THE YIELD OF COTTON WAS 700 KG/ HECTARE.
AFTER PRIVATIZATION THE YIELD INCREASED IN THREE YEARS PERIOD
TO 1800 KG/HECTARE WHICH IS NOW 2600 KG/HECTARE.
 OUR PROGRESSIVE FARMERS ARE TAKING 4000KG/HECTARE TO
7000KG/HECTARE. THIS IS THE REAL POTENTIAL PROVIDED BY PRIVATE
SECTOR TO FARMERS IN COTTON CROP.

17.  125 FORMULATION PLANTS FOR PESTICIDES, HERBICIDE, GRANULES
WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR .
 ONE MANUFACTURING PLANT OF PESTICIDE FOR THE FIRST TIME
ESTABLISHED IN PRIVATE SECTOR IN 2006.
 TODAY 125 COMPANIES ARE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN DIRECT PESTICIDES
SALE.
CROP PROTECTION

18. IMPORTS OF
PESTICIDES BY
PRIVATE
SECTOR IN
PAKISTAN

19. CROP PRODUCTION

20. CROP PRODUCTION
 THE PRIVATE SECTOR INTRODUCED HYBRID SEED OF
COTTON,RICE,MAIZE,SUNFLOWER,CANOLA AND VEGETABLES.
 MANY COMPANIES HAVE STARTED R&D PROGRAM TO DEVELOP NEW
VARIETIES. TODAY MAJOR COTTON VARIETIES PLANTED BOTH IN PUNJAB
AND SINDH ARE FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR
 (SOME FARMERS ARE CLAIMING AS HIGH AS MORE THAN 8.00MT OF
COTTON, 12.00 MT OF RICE, 10.00 MT OF MAIZE, 100.00 MT OF SUGAR
CANE per hectare AND SO ON.).
 SIMILAR BREAKTHROUGH HAS BEEN MADE IN VEGETABLES. OIL SEED
CROPS LIKE SUNFLOWER AND CANOLA PRODUCTION IS ALL DUE TO
PRIVATE SECTOR.

21.  TUNNEL FARMING INNOVATED BY PRIVATE SECTOR HAS BEEN ADOPTED
BY MANY FARMERS.
 DUE TO TUNNEL FARMING VEGETABLES ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH OUT
THE YEAR.
 FARM INCOME INCREASED MANY FOLDS.
CROP PRODUCTION

22.  PRIVATE SECTOR INNOVATIONS INCREASED THE PRODUCTION OF COTTON
AND NOW PAKISTAN IS FOURTH LARGEST PRODUCER OF COTTON BY
PRODUCING 15 MILLION BALES IN 2014.
 TODAY PAKISTAN IS LARGEST EXPORTER OF YARN . THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE
EARNING FROM COTTON INCREASED FROM FOUR BILLION DOLLAR TO
FIFTEEN BILLION DOLLAR DUE TO VALUE ADDITION.
CROP PRODUCTION

23. FARM MACHINERY

24. FARM MACHINERY
 THE PRIVATE SECTOR ACCEPTING THE CHALLENGES OF CROP
PRODUCTION HAS INTRODUCED PLANTERS FOR SOWING, HARVESTING
MACHINES AND PROCESSING MACHINES, LIKE THRESHERS.
 RECENTLY MAIZE HARVESTERS WERE INTRODUCED ALONG WITH SILAGE
MACHINES WHICH NOT ONLY HARVEST THE CROP BUT ALSO CHOP THEM
INTO SUITABLE SIZE FOR SILAGE.
 THE DEVELOPMENT OF WHEAT THRESHER IS ONE OF THE BEST EFFORTS
OF OUR ENGINEERS AND MECHANICS.
 DUE TO THESE MACHINES THE CROP HARVESTING HAS BEEN EXPEDITED
AND SAVED THE PRODUCE FROM WEATHERING DEMAGES.

25. FARM MACHINERY
 PLANT PROTECTION MACHINERY WAS DEVELOPED ACCORDING TO THE
NEEDS OF THE FARMERS.
 HAND SPRAYERS FOR SMALL FARMERS AND TRACTOR MOUNTED
SPRAYERS FOR LARGE FARMERS.
 BOOM SPRAYERS FOR ORCHARDS WERE DEVELOPED.
 SIMILARLY SUGAR CANE PLANTERS, POTATO SEEDER, FERTILIZER
BROADCASTERS WERE ALL DEVELOPED LOCALLY BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR
ON THE REQUIREMENT OF FARMERS.

26. TEXTILE INDUSTRY
• MORE THAN 500 UNITS OF TEXTILE.
• YARNS, GRAY CLOTH MAIN PRODUCTS
• GARMENT MANUFACTURING
• EMPLOYMENT IN MILLIONS

27. TEXTILE INDUSTRIAL GROWTH
Period Units Spindles (000)
1948 3 78
1958 70 1,569
1968 95 2,048
1978 184 3,729
1988 247 4,853
1998 442 8,392
2008 521 11,280
2013 526 11,946
Source: APTMA

28. Source: FAO STAT 2012
Total Expenditure on Agriculture
COUNTRY Value (USD Million)
CHINA 113,040.00
U.S.A 27,100.00
INDIA 19,271.00
FRANCE 10,606.00
AUSTRALIA 4,922.00
EGYPT 1,879.00
PAKISTAN 487.00
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29. INTERVENTION FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
 CAPACITY BUILDING OF PUBLIC SECTOR TO PLAY A ROLE OF
REGULATOR.
 PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO PRIVATE SECTOR TO INVEST FOR
THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
 GOVT. SHOULD SUPPORT AGRICULTURE SECTOR TO ALLIVIATE
POVERTY OF 70% POPULATION.
 THE DUTY AND TAXES ON AGRI INPUTS SHOULD BE IN LINE
WITH THE NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES WHICH DIRECTLY
INFLUENCE THE MARKET PRICE OF EVERY CROP.

30. THANK YOU!