Seed System Of Pakistan Policy Challenges And Prospects

Author : Rana, Abdul Wajid,Gill, Sitara,Akram, Iqra
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Seed system of Pakistan: Policy challenges and prospects by Rana, Abdul Wajid,Gill, Sitara,Akram, Iqra Pdf

The seed industry in Pakistan has undergone significant developments since the 1950s and has transitioned from ‘Green Revolution’ to ‘Gene Revolution’. The 2015 amendment in the Seed Act, 1976, and the enactment of Plant Breeders’ Rights Act and Rules have provided long awaited intellectual property protection for proprietary seed. Notwithstanding this fundamental change, the challenge of effective enforcement of intellectual property rights remains. This paper presents how the seed industry has evolved over the years through evaluating the regulatory and institutional framework along with looking into the major challenges that still plague the seed system of Pakistan. It also explores how the private sector can be incentivized to invest in the seed sector while protecting the farmers’ rights. Findings reveal that there seems to be a lot of scope for strengthening the seed system of Pakistan via encouraging private sector participation mainly through developing proactive markets with strong institutional mechanism along with scientific and time bound regulatory approval framework. An appraisal of the international best practices divulges that technological backstopping, developing public-private partnerships, building institutional capacity for effective enforcement of regulatory regime and availability of information to farmers for selecting quality seed are equally vital for creating a well-functioning seed system in Pakistan

Author : Spielman, David J.,Malik, Sohail Jehangir,Dorosh, Paul A.,Ahmad, Nuzhat
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Agriculture and the rural economy in Pakistan: Issues, outlooks, and policy priorities: Synopsis by Spielman, David J.,Malik, Sohail Jehangir,Dorosh, Paul A.,Ahmad, Nuzhat Pdf

While policy makers, media, and the international community focus their attention on Pakistan’s ongoing security challenges, the potential of the rural economy, and particularly the agricultural sector, to improve Pakistanis’ well-being is being neglected. Agriculture is crucial to Pakistan’s economy. Almost half of the country’s labor force works in the agricultural sector, which produces food and inputs for industry (such as cotton for textiles) and accounts for over a third of Pakistan’s total export earnings. Equally important are nonfarm economic activities in rural areas, such as retail sales in small village shops, transportation services, and education and health services in local schools and clinics. Rural nonfarm activities account for between 40 and 57 percent of total rural household income. Their large share of income means that the agricultural sector and the rural nonfarm economy have vital roles to play in promoting growth and reducing poverty in Pakistan.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264967830

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Making Better Policies for Food Systems by OECD Pdf

Food systems around the world face a triple challenge: providing food security and nutrition for a growing global population; supporting livelihoods for those working along the food supply chain; and contributing to environmental sustainability. Better policies hold tremendous promise for making progress in these domains.

Author : Ronnie Vernooy,Pitambar Shrestha,Bhuwon Sthapit
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781134608607

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Community Seed Banks by Ronnie Vernooy,Pitambar Shrestha,Bhuwon Sthapit Pdf

Community seed banks first appeared towards the end of the 1980s, established with the support of international and national non-governmental organizations. This book is the first to provide a global review of their development and includes a wide range of case studies. Countries that pioneered various types of community seed banks include Bangladesh, Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Nepal, Nicaragua, the Philippines and Zimbabwe. In the North, a particular type of community seed bank emerged known as a seed-savers network. Such networks were first established in Australia, Canada, the UK and the USA before spreading to other countries. Over time, the number and diversity of seed banks has grown. In Nepal, for example, there are now more than 100 self-described community seed banks whose functions range from pure conservation to commercial seed production. In Brazil, community seed banks operate in various regions of the country. Surprisingly, despite 25 years of history and the rapid growth in number, organizational diversity and geographical coverage of community seed banks, recognition of their roles and contributions has remained scanty. The book reviews their history, evolution, experiences, successes and failures (and reasons why), challenges and prospects. It fills a significant gap in the literature on agricultural biodiversity and conservation, and their contribution to food sovereignty and security.

Author : Kamalesh Adhikari,David J. Jefferson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780429602078

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Intellectual Property Law and Plant Protection by Kamalesh Adhikari,David J. Jefferson Pdf

This book is the first to provide a detailed and critical account of the emergence, development, and implementation of plant variety protection laws in Asian countries. Each chapter undertakes a critical socio-legal analysis of one or more legal frameworks to understand, evaluate, and explore the concerns of diverse national stakeholders, the histories and dynamics of law-making, and the ways in which plant variety protection and seed certification laws interact with local agricultural systems. The book also assesses how Asian countries can capitalise on the ‘unused policy space’ in international agreements such as the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights and the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, as well as international obligations beyond these, such as those contained in the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Plant Treaty. It also highlights the many ways in which Asian experiences can offer new insights into the relationship between intellectual property and plants, and how relevant laws might be re-imagined in other regions, including Africa, Europe, and the Americas. By adding an important new perspective to the ongoing debate on intellectual property and plants, this book will appeal to academics, practitioners, and policy-makers engaged in work surrounding intellectual property laws, agricultural biodiversity, and plant breeding.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : CIMMYT
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Corn
ISBN : 9789706480750

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Farmers' Maize Seed Systems in Western Oromia, Ethiopia by Anonim Pdf

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789251314111

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FAO: Challenges and Opportunities in a Global World by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

This illustrated volume identifies the challenges and opportunities facing food and agriculture in the context of the 2030 Agenda, presents solutions for a more sustainable world and shows how FAO has been working in recent years to support its Member Nations in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

Author : Rana, Abdul Wajid,Gill, Sitara,Akram, Iqra
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2023-01-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Policy framework for contract farming: An alternate to Aarthi system in Pakistan by Rana, Abdul Wajid,Gill, Sitara,Akram, Iqra Pdf

Global agricultural production is undergoing a remarkable shift due to globalization and market liberalization (Setboonsarng et al., 2008). Food markets are transforming from a ‘non-programmed to programmed’ regime stemming from overwhelming changes in demand patterns happening concurrently with variations in production dynamics internationally (Oostendorp, 2018). This presents both the challenge and opportunity to change and adapt to this more structured world to reap benefits for both smallholder farmers and exporters (Setboonsarng et al., 2008).

Author : Jennifer Clapp,Marc J. Cohen
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1554581982

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The Global Food Crisis by Jennifer Clapp,Marc J. Cohen Pdf

The global food crisis is a stark reminder of the fragility of the global food system. The Global Food Crisis: Governance Challenges and Opportunities captures the debate about how to go forward and examines the implications of the crisis for food security in the world’s poorest countries, both for the global environment and for the global rules and institutions that govern food and agriculture. In this volume, policy-makers and scholars assess the causes and consequences of the most recent food price volatility and examine the associated governance challenges and opportunities, including short-term emergency responses, the ecological dimensions of the crisis, and the longer-term goal of building sustainable global food systems. The recommendations include vastly increasing public investment in small-farm agriculture; reforming global food aid and food research institutions; establishing fairer international agricultural trade rules; promoting sustainable agricultural methods; placing agriculture higher on the post-Kyoto climate change agenda; revamping biofuel policies; and enhancing international agricultural policy-making. Co-published with the Centre for International Governance Innovation

Author : Sigrid Schmalzer
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226330297

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Red Revolution, Green Revolution by Sigrid Schmalzer Pdf

In 1968, the director of USAID coined the term “green revolution” to celebrate the new technological solutions that promised to ease hunger around the world—and forestall the spread of more “red,” or socialist, revolutions. Yet in China, where modernization and scientific progress could not be divorced from politics, green and red revolutions proceeded side by side. In Red Revolution, Green Revolution, Sigrid Schmalzer explores the intersection of politics and agriculture in socialist China through the diverse experiences of scientists, peasants, state agents, and “educated youth.” The environmental costs of chemical-intensive agriculture and the human costs of emphasizing increasing production over equitable distribution of food and labor have been felt as strongly in China as anywhere—and yet, as Schmalzer shows, Mao-era challenges to technocracy laid important groundwork for today’s sustainability and food justice movements. This history of “scientific farming” in China offers us a unique opportunity not only to explore the consequences of modern agricultural technologies but also to engage in a necessary rethinking of fundamental assumptions about science and society.

Author : Vandana Shiva
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780813166810

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The Violence of the Green Revolution by Vandana Shiva Pdf

The Green Revolution has been heralded as a political and technological achievement—unprecedented in human history. Yet in the decades that have followed it, this supposedly nonviolent revolution has left lands ravaged by violence and ecological scarcity. A dedicated empiricist, Vandana Shiva takes a magnifying glass to the effects of the Green Revolution in India, examining the devastating effects of monoculture and commercial agriculture and revealing the nuanced relationship between ecological destruction and poverty. In this classic work, the influential activist and scholar also looks to the future as she examines new developments in gene technology.

Author : Abdelaziz, Fatma,Al-Riffai, Perrihan,Breisinger, Clemens,Ecker, Olivier,Dorosh, Paul A.,El-Didi, Hagar,El-Enbaby, Hoda,Figueroa, Jose Luis,Kenawy, Laila,Leroy, Jef L.,Minot, Nicholas,Spielman, David J.,Trinh Tan, Jean-François,Zhang, Xiaobo
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 39 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Prioritizing development policy research in Egypt by Abdelaziz, Fatma,Al-Riffai, Perrihan,Breisinger, Clemens,Ecker, Olivier,Dorosh, Paul A.,El-Didi, Hagar,El-Enbaby, Hoda,Figueroa, Jose Luis,Kenawy, Laila,Leroy, Jef L.,Minot, Nicholas,Spielman, David J.,Trinh Tan, Jean-François,Zhang, Xiaobo Pdf

This paper presents an innovative approach to prioritizing development policy research in Egypt with the specific objective of informing the research agenda of the Egypt Strategy Support Program of the International Food Policy Research Institute. The key steps in this process were: 1) a review of relevant priority setting methods and existing government strategies, 2) pre-selection of research themes, 3) selection of national and international experts, 4) design and conduct priority setting workshop; and 5) priority matrix construction and paper writing.

Author : Peter B.R. Hazell
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Asian Green Revolution by Peter B.R. Hazell Pdf

Author : David J. Spielman,Sohail J. Malik,Paul Dorosh,Nuzhat Ahmad
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780812294217

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Agriculture and the Rural Economy in Pakistan by David J. Spielman,Sohail J. Malik,Paul Dorosh,Nuzhat Ahmad Pdf

Historically, agriculture has been crucial to Pakistan's economic growth and development and remains so even today. The sector employs almost half of the country's labor force, supplies key inputs to the country's manufacturing sector, generates a significant share of export earnings, and nourishes a rapidly growing population. Further, beyond agriculture is the wider rural economy, including nonfarm economic activities such as small enterprises, transport services, village retail shops, local schools, and clinics, all of which account for an estimated 40 to 57 percent of total rural household income. Given the importance of these rural activities, the slow growth of agriculture in recent years—averaging just 2.8 percent during the period 2010-2014—should be a source of concern for Pakistan. Can the country's agricultural sector and rural economy once again play a significant role in growth and development? Can it contribute to poverty reduction? Agriculture and the Rural Economy in Pakistan: Issues, Outlooks, and Policy Priorities seeks to answer these questions by examining the performance of both agriculture and the rural economy. The authors identify several measures that can promote agricultural productivity growth as well as wider economic and social development. These include increasing the efficiency of water use in the Indus river basin irrigation system, especially in the face of climate change; reforming policies and regulations that govern markets for agricultural inputs and commodities; and improving the provision of rural public services for health, education, women's empowerment, and community development. The analyses and conclusions in Agriculture and the Rural Economy in Pakistan will be of use to policy makers, development specialists, and others concerned with Pakistan's development. Contributors: Madiha Afzal, Nuzhat Ahmad, Faryal Ahmed, Mubarik Ali, Shujat Ali, Elena Briones Alonso, Hira Channa, Stephen Davies, Paul Dorosh, Gisselle Gajate Garrido, Arthur Gueneau, Madeeha Hameed, Brian Holtemeyer, Huma Khan, Katrina Kosec, Mehrab Malek, Sohail J. Malik, Shuaib Malik, Amina Mehmood, Dawit Mekonnen, Hina Nazli, Sara Rafi, Muhammad Ahsan Rana, Abdul Wajid Rana, Danielle Resnick, Khalid Riaz, Abdul Salam, Emily Schmidt, Asma Shahzad, David J. Spielman, James Thurlow, Ahmad Waqas, Edward Whitney, Fatima Zaidi.

Author : Iqrar Ahmad Khan,Muhammad Sarwar Khan
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 926 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781351208222

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Developing Sustainable Agriculture in Pakistan by Iqrar Ahmad Khan,Muhammad Sarwar Khan Pdf

Agriculture plays a pivotal role in the economy and development of Pakistan providing food to consumers, raw materials to industries, and a market for industrial goods. Unfortunately, agricultural production is stagnant due to several barriers including a fixed cropping pattern, reliance on a few major crops, a narrow genetic pool, poor seed quality, and a changing climate. In addition, the high cost of production, weak phytosanitary compliance mechanisms, and a lack of cold chain facilities makes Pakistan agriculturally uncompetitive in export markets. Despite all these issues, agriculture is the primary industry in Pakistan and small farmers continue to dominate the business. Small farmers grow crops for subsistence under a fixed cropping pattern and a holistic approach is required to develop agriculture to improve the livelihoods of the rural populace. This book presents an exhaustive look at agriculture in Pakistan. Chapters provide critical analyses of present trends, inadequacies in agriculture, strategic planning, improvement programs and policies while keeping in view the natural resources, plant- and animal-related agricultural production technologies, input supplies, population planning, migration and poverty, and balanced policies on finance, credit, marketing, and trade.