The idea of establishing Pakistan Seed Academy can strengthen the linkage between public and private seed sectors across the country. Under the umbrella of this platform, all the key stakeholders will be targeted and their key issues will be highlighted with government concerning authorities. Training opportunities will be provided to local seed companies at international level. Hopefully Pakistan Seed Academy can motivate small seed companies in creating a neat and clean atmosphere with more discipline in seed business.

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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2. Changing Scenario
What
about
Pakistan
seed
Industry???

3. 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

4. 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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5. 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

6. Multinational: 05
Public sector: 04
Local: 746
Total: 755
618
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05
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Do public & private sectors have trained manpower

7. !!!Pakistan!Seed!Academy!
Public'Private-Partnership-in-Seed-Innova6ons-

8. Input traits
Prosperous Pakistan Seed Industry

9. 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)'

10. 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)#
#

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

12. 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)
• ))

13. 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”

14. Capacity building workshop-I

15. Dawn News, 14 Oct, 2013

17. Capacity building workshop-II

19. Capacity building workshop-III

22. In Process

23. Conclusions
Enhanced 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

24. Research Team
Hafeez ur Rehman Dr Shahzad Basra
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Acknowledgement

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• Invite$interna;onal$seed$companies$in$Pakistan$
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26. Questions?