Agriculture Research System Of Pakistan

Agriculture Research System Of Pakistan

At present, Pakistan’s agricultural research system is organized and managed at a level where research is required for the maintenance of agriculture sector and to increase crops yields and livestock production in future. In economy of Pakistan, the production and productivity growth of agriculture sector are not keeping pace with the past growing rates. For the growth of Pakistan agriculture research system, the gap between food and fiber supply and that of food and fiber demand in the future should be good.

In 1991 with the assistance of World Bank, the agriculture research (ARP-II) project was launched to improve the research planning and coordination in Pakistan agriculture research system. The principal goal of this project was to prepare a National Master Agricultural Research Plan (NMARP). National Master Agricultural Research Plan was completed in 1997 that embodies the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) institutional long-term plans along with provincial research master plans (PRMPs) which were completed by each province. The objective of this project was to:

• Review the reasons why Pakistan’s agricultural research systems needs to be revitalized.
• Review the present status of the Pakistan agricultural research system.
• To find out the problems that Pakistan agriculture research system has faced.
• To conclude future agenda for Pakistan’s agricultural research system that is based on the findings of the National Master Agricultural Research Plan.

Pakistan’s agricultural research system is organized at both the federal and provincial levels. There were 74 research establishments at the federal level and 106 research institutions at the provincial level in 1990. Many agricultural universities also conduct research in Pakistan. Pakistan agriculture Research Corporation is the body that conduct, coordinates and promote research. The research conducted at the federal level has been both applied and adaptive with some long-term priority research.

Expenditure on agricultural and livestock research was reported to be Rs 742 million in 1988-89. In 1992-93 these expenditures was rose up to Rs 1,099 million. The latest budget allocations for agricultural research in Pakistan for 1996-97 and the current funding environment for agricultural research in Pakistan indicate that it may be difficult to keep future funding levels, in real terms, from decreasing.

The Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) is in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan Agricultural Research Council is an agricultural research organization at the national level. Its main objective is to strengthen Pakistan’s agricultural research system, comprising the federal and provincial components. Read more