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Seed System in Pakistan (Standards and Procedures) : October 2018
Seed System in Pakistan (Standards and Procedures) : October 2018
Seed System in Pakistan (Standards and Procedures) : October 2018
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Formal System
Informal system
Micro Trials
Zonal Trials
FSC&RD PARC-VEC
(DUS) (VCU)
Evaluation
FSRC FSC&RD Provincial Technical
Expert Sub-Committee
ABBREVIATIONS
DUS: Distinctness Uniformity Stability VEC: Variety Evaluation Committee
VCU: Value for Cultivation and Use FSRC: Federal Seed Registration Committee
FSC&RD: Federal Seed Certification & Registration Department
SUMMARY OF RELEASED VARIETIES
CROP No. of Registered and Released Varieties
Punjab Sindh KP Baluchista Islamabad PVT Pakistan
n
Wheat 69 25 44 08 06 -- 152
Barley 05 - 03 04 --- 12
Maize 15 - 15 -- --- 02 32
Rice 25 14 07 --- --- -- 46
Cotton 105 30 02 --- --- 28 165
Sugarcane 16 13 16 --- -- 01 46
Pulses 49 04 21 01 05 -- 80
Oilseeds 27 05 23 -- 09 05 69
Fodders 31 --- 07 01 --- 02 41
Vegetables 51 01 13 08 --- -- 73
Fruits 19 02 36 -- -- -- 57
Flowers 03 - - - - - 03
Total 415 94 187 22 20 38 776
RICE VARIETY NAME BREEDING CENTRE PROVINCE Year of
Release
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SEED AMENDMENT ACT 2015
1. Act clearly delineates the role of private seed
sector (seed companies, dealers, processing units
and fruit plant nurseries)
2. It allows the private sector to produce basic seed
for its multiplication and certification
3. Permits easier integration of new plant varieties
into the system through Enlisting.
4. Act allows the private sector to establish
accredited seed testing laboratories
5. It authorizes the registration of Genetically
Modified Crop varieties (GMCs) subject to law
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SEED AMENDMENT ACT 2015
6. To protect the farmers from the cheating practices “
Misbranded Seed” clause has been included.
7. For the Evaluation of the candidate crop varieties a
Variety Evaluation Committee (VEC)has been
constituted.
8. To involve all seed stake holders at Federal and
Provincial level a “ Federal Seed Committee” has
been constituted.
9. The Act enhances the penalties for effective
deterrence against sale of sub-standard seed.
PROVISIONS IN SEED
(AMENDMENT) ACT, 2015
• Certification kept mandatory for only strategic crops i.e.
wheat, cotton, maize, rice, pulses (OPVs) and potato;
• All minor crops namely vegetables, oilseeds,
fodder/forages, ornamentals, and hybrids of strategic
crops (wheat, cotton, maize, rice) linked with Truth in
Labeling;
• For easier integration in seed cycle/system, minor crops
linked with enlisting kept as pre-condition for local
production or import
• Private sector seed companies and breeders allowed to
produce all kinds of seeds and multiply the same;
• Private sector companies allowed to establish their own
Accredited Seed Testing Laboratories to test and sell the
seed of enlisted varieties their own label
PLANT BREEDERS’ RIGHTS
• Pakistan being a member of WTO (TRIPs) Agreement is
obliged to provide protection of plant varieties by Patents
or by an effective SUI-GENERIS SYSTEM or by any
combination thereof in compliance of the Article 27.3 (b)
of the TRIPs Agreement.
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THANKS
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