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    Promotion of National Sunflower and Canola Hybrid Seed: Background

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    Pakistan imports a large amount of edible oils costing 250 billion rupees annually and hybrid sunflower and canola seeds are expensive to import. Developing national hybrids could reduce import costs by taking advantage of decades of research that has developed parent lines and established comparable yields between national and international hybrids. Challenges include establishing intellectual property protections for national hybrids and increasing seed production capacity. The strategy proposes implementing protections, identifying isolated production sites, public-private partnerships, training, quality standards, and supporting local processing to make national hybrids affordable and available while creating jobs and reducing import costs.

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    Pakistan imports a large amount of edible oils costing 250 billion rupees annually and hybrid sunflower and canola seeds are expensive to import. Developing national hybrids could reduce import costs by taking advantage of decades of research that has developed parent lines and established comparable yields between national and international hybrids. Challenges include establishing intellectual property protections for national hybrids and increasing seed production capacity. The strategy proposes implementing protections, identifying isolated production sites, public-private partnerships, training, quality standards, and supporting local processing to make national hybrids affordable and available while creating jobs and reducing import costs.

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    Pakistan imports a large amount of edible oils costing 250 billion rupees annually and hybrid sunflower and canola seeds are expensive to import. Developing national hybrids could reduce import costs by taking advantage of decades of research that has developed parent lines and established comparable yields between national and international hybrids. Challenges include establishing intellectual property protections for national hybrids and increasing seed production capacity. The strategy proposes implementing protections, identifying isolated production sites, public-private partnerships, training, quality standards, and supporting local processing to make national hybrids affordable and available while creating jobs and reducing import costs.

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    Promotion of National Sunflower and Canola Hybrid Seed: Background

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    Pakistan imports a large amount of edible oils costing 250 billion rupees annually and hybrid sunflower and canola seeds are expensive to import. Developing national hybrids could reduce import costs by taking advantage of decades of research that has developed parent lines and established comparable yields between national and international hybrids. Challenges include establishing intellectual property protections for national hybrids and increasing seed production capacity. The strategy proposes implementing protections, identifying isolated production sites, public-private partnerships, training, quality standards, and supporting local processing to make national hybrids affordable and available while creating jobs and reducing import costs.

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    Promotion of National Sunflower and Canola Hybrid Seed

    Background
    • Import bill of edible oil is around 250 billion rupees
    • Low Yields of conventional varieties (OPVs)
    • High cost of imported hybrid seed
    - Sunflower: Rs. 1000/Kg
    - Canola: Rs.1200/ per Kg)
    • Adaptability problem in Imported hybrids
    • Import bill of hybrid seed 1.2 billion

    Why National Hybrids

    • National hybrid developmet expertise available


    • Precious 170 parent line of sunflower and 250 of
    canola developed over 25 years
    • Yield compatibility of national verses multinational
    hybrids established
    • Sunflower and Canola hybrids are being introduced
    to farmers

    Issues/Challenges
    • Intelectual Property rights of national hybrids not in
    place
    • Limited land and water resources available at NARC
    • Limited technical manpower
    • Isolation problems in parent lines seed multiplication
    • Seed distributers charge higher margins
    • Low technical know how of farmers
    • Small oil extraction units for local processing

    Implementation Strategy
    • IPR and breeders right act promulgation
    • Identification of isolated sites for hybrid seed
    production
    • Public-private partnership development
    • Technical manpower recruitment
    • Training of scientists/technicians
    • Regulations for qultity seed availability
    • Manufacturing small oil extraction units
    • Local packaging and marketing

    Benefits
    • Cheap availability of local hybrids
    • Decrease in import bill of hybrid seeds
    • Enhanced local production
    • Private sector entrepreneurship
    • Development of local extraction
    • Employment generation
    • Reduction in import bill of edible oils
    • Increase in productivity per unit area
    • Popularization of hybrid technology in the country

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