Role of Seed Sector:
The private sector was allowed to enter seed business in 1979. In 1994 the Government declared seed business at par with the other industries. As a result of this policy a wave of investments was generated. In 1976 there were just a handful of seed companies in public sector and four seed processing plants were installed with an annual capacity of 103,000 tones for crops like wheat, rice, maize and cotton. By 2001 about 143 seed processing plants had been installed with an investment of Rs. 819 million to process 475,000 tones seed. By 2 010 many fold increase in production capacity has taken place depicting the tremendous investment that private sector is willing to bring into the seed sector.
Seed Companies in Pakistan (2011):
After 1994, the major involvement of the private sector has been created in this new business. With seed industry has come a long way and now there are many registered seed companies in Pakistan.
|
Punjab |
631 |
|
Sindh |
99 |
|
Balochistan |
07 |
|
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
24 |
|
Gilgit Baltistan |
03 |
|
Multinationals |
05 |
|
Public Sector |
04 |
|
Total |
773 |
(Source: seed association of Pakistan)
Varieties Released Up to 2008:
|
Crop |
Public |
|
Private |
|
Total |
|
|
Wheat |
102 |
|
0 |
|
102 |
|
|
Cotton |
77 |
|
1 |
|
78 |
|
|
Rice |
34 |
|
0 |
|
34 |
|
|
Vegetables |
37 |
|
0 |
|
37 |
|
|
Fruit |
23 |
|
0 |
|
23 |
|
|
Barley |
12 |
|
0 |
|
12 |
|
|
Maize/ Millet |
26 |
|
2 |
|
28 |
|
|
Fodder/ Forages |
16 |
|
1 |
|
17 |
|
|
Pulses |
58 |
|
0 |
|
58 |
|
|
Oil Seeds |
46 |
|
4 |
|
50 |
|
|
Sugarcane |
32 |
|
1 |
|
33 |
|
|
Potato |
12 |
|
0 |
|
12 |
|
|
Total |
475 |
|
9 |
|
484 |
|
(Source: seed association of Pakistan)
Seed Produced and Supplied:
Ever since private sector was allowed into seed business a tremendous boost was provided to supply of certified and tested seed availability for growers. In 1997-98 117,349 tones seed was supplied which met 10% of seed demand nationwide and this increased to 262,747 tons by 2007-08 covering 16% of seed demand. Annexure 1 depicts this upsurge in seed supply.
Seed Produced and Supplied in 1997-98 and 2007-08:
|
Crop |
|
Supplied in 1997-98 (t) |
|
Demand met (%) |
|
Supplied in 2007-08 (t) |
|
Demand met (%) |
|
Wheat |
|
78,544 |
|
10.63 |
|
177,792 |
|
17 |
|
Rice |
|
1,734 |
|
2.88 |
|
13,868 |
|
34 |
|
Maize |
|
1,674 |
|
4.78 |
|
9,785 |
|
32 |
|
Chickpea |
|
192 |
|
0.44 |
|
107 |
|
0.25 |
|
Pulses |
|
117 |
|
2.41 |
|
1,524 |
|
24 |
|
Sunflower |
|
571 |
|
57.10 |
|
1,206 |
|
39 |
|
Canola |
|
511 |
|
43.98 |
|
97 |
|
13 |
|
Rape & mustard |
|
nr |
|
nr |
|
224 |
|
17 |
|
Ground nut |
|
nr |
|
nr |
|
6 |
|
0 |
|
Vegetables |
|
3,181 |
|
63.62 |
|
6,176 |
|
115 |
|
Potato |
|
6,824 |
|
3.45 |
|
8,348 |
|
2 |
|
Fodders |
|
873 |
|
6.02 |
|
11,923 |
|
16 |
|
Cotton |
|
23,128 |
|
34.52 |
|
31,691 |
|
48 |
|
Total |
|
117,349 |
|
10.05 |
|
262,747 |
|
16 |
