Status of Seed Industry

STATUS OF SEED INDUSTRY IN PAKISTAN

BY

DR. AKHLAQ HUSSAIN

akhlaq7@hotm ail.com

March 08-2011 ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION AGRICULTURE AND WATER IN PAKISTAN

Updated on 06-03-2011

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF SEED INDUSTRY OF PAKISTAN

• • 1947-1961 – No independent seed production and distribution system 1961 – F&A Commission - West Pakistan Agricultural Development Corporation (WPADC) was created for procurement and distribution of seeds 1972 - WPADC dissolved Provincial Govt. - Seed production, multiplication, procurement and distribution

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Seed Act, 1976

Government of Pakistan initiated “Seed Industry Development Project” on the recommendation of World Bank Appraisal Mission’s Report (23 Million $) which provided legislative support through Seed Act, 1976 This enactment provided regulatory mechanism for controlling and regulating the quality seed through setting up of necessary institutional infrastructure; National Seed Council (NSC)/ Provincial Seed Councils *Federal Seed Certification Agency (FSCA) & *National Seed Registration Agency (NSRA) *FSCA & NSRA were merged together as Federal Seed Certification & Registration Department (FSC&RD) in 1997 for austerity measures 2

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Ministry of Food, Agriculture & Livestock (MINFAL) Islamabad

National Seed Council (NSC)

PrSC Punjab

PrSC Sindh

PrSC NWFP

PrSC Balochistan

FSC&RD Islamabad

PSC

SSC

DOA

DOA

PrSC PSC SSC DOA FSC&RD

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Provincial Seed Council Punjab Seed Corporation Sindh Seed Corporation Department of Agriculture Federal Seed Certification & Registration Department, Islamabad

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FUNCTIONS OF FSC&RD

(Section 6 of Seed Act, 1976) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Controlling the quality of seeds Registering growers in such manner and subject to such condition as may be prescribed Certification of seeds Field inspection of the crops of registered varieties and released varieties intended for sale as basic seed or certified seed Sampling and testing of seed...