muhammad imtiaz - agricultural innovation program (aip) for pakistan

Project Overview and Updates April 2015

Agricultural Innovation Program (AIP) for Pakistan

Provincial Agricultural Research for Development Boards

Competitive Grants System

Human Resource Development

Commissioned Projects

Science Window

Activity Window

applied to


Ways to More Effective Agriculture Research for Development (AR4D) in Pakistan

Presence in Pakistan



Science Window

Partnership for Delivery

Research for Development Continuum

Generation of Technology • National and provincial agricultural research and

extension institutions and private sector research organizations;

• International research organizations CIMMYT, IRRI, ILRI, AVRDC, ICARDA etc.

Dissemination of Technologies Seed companies (4 brothers, Jullundur seeds, Engro corporation, and public sector organizations NARC, CIMMYT, service providers, NGOs, extension workers.

Adoption of Technologies (Awareness and marketing) Farmer groups, extension agents, ministry of food security, media, agricultural colleges, agro dealers, stockists, women group. Service providers etc.



• Dairy Value Chain (DVC) • Small Ruminants Value Chain (SR VC) • Fodder, Feed & Rangeland (FFR)

Rapid Assessment Tools identified constraints in dairy farming • Cows are underfed • Restricted access to water • Low Bargaining power of farmers Solution: value chain approach adaptation can enhance productivity enhancement and increase income • A progressive Farmer from KP purchased milking

animal at premium price - AIP intervened and provided technical advice, and now he rears his own replacement heifers

• AIP team advice on feed preparation and

balanced feeding increased milk production 7 litter per day

Rapid Assessment Tools developed to identify constraints and addressed. • Trained: volunteer farmer • Provision: veterinary kits and vaccine containers • Implemented: parasitic control program • Supplemental feed for productivity • Formed village level farmer organization in Chakwal • Introduced • PPR vaccine production protocol for economic benefits. • First time in Pakistan 2 goat Semen Production Units

established

• Trained: 36 animal nutritionists/production-Feed Assessment Tool

• Assess quality of feed: Stover's from 72 Maize hybrid varieties biomass recorded and farmers planted multi-cut like Mott grass, to overcome food shortage

• Introduced multipurpose spineless cactus. A total 3000 single pads planted in farmers fields

• Introduced Leguminous tree fodder (Ipil Ipil), forage etc. in Punjab

• Species of grasses and shrubs/trees growing in the rangelands in Chakwal were inventoried


Geographical focus:

20 districts of Punjab, KP, Sindh, Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, and AJK

Beneficiaries: 351 direct beneficiaries.


• Protected Cultivation of Vegetables • Improved Mungbean Production • Vegetable Value Chains

• Fifty varieties/hybrids tomato, cucumber, and pepper evaluated and demonstrated at 26 hectares. High yielding varieties demonstrated under plasticulture and natural off season conditions for improved productivity and increase income.

• Trained: 523 farmers on healthy nursery raising, production technology, integrated pest management and postharvest.

Result: decrease cost of production and improved productivity.

Protected Cultivation of Vegetables

• Introduction of short duration high yielding mungbean into Rice-wheat, intercropping and wheat-fallow produced good mungbean yields (803-1362 kg/ha)

• Fourteen (14) AVRDC advance lines plus four Pakistani lines crossed (F2) to improve bruchid resistance

• Twenty four (24) tons quality mungbean seed produced by 153 farmers from 84 ha for multiplication

• Trained 276 farmers on IPM and management to reduce postharvest losses

Improved Mungbean Production


• 10 ha of basic seed of tomato, onion and peas planted for multiplication in Pakistan.

• Trained: 69 progressive farmers on onion seed crop management and postharvest strategies in KP and Islamabad.

Vegetable Value Chains


• Increasing the production and spread of true to type fruit crops

• Increasing Fruit quality through improved post-harvest technology

Improving the Fruit Quality through addressing Pre and Post Harvest Issues of the Fruit Crops Funded 14 research and extension projects in citrus, mangos, grapes focused on:

• Alternative crops • Better plant material • Decreasing postharvest losses • Developing value added product

Project areas Punjab: Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Sargodha, Multan KP: Peshawar


Collaborators

Citrus Citrus Research Institute Sargodha, Punjab

Mangos University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) , Punjab

Grapes, Olives,

Pistachios and

Mango Processing

Alternative Uses

Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University (AAUR) Rawalpindi, Punjab


Maize


• Climate Resilient Maize • Bio fortified maize • Maize tolerant to biotic stress (stem borer) • Enhancing the maize seed sector

Expected change

• Enhanced local capacity to substitute Maize import

• Enhanced farmers access to quality and affordable maize seed

• Diversified maize varieties for agro ecologies and industry

• Facilitates for a vibrant maize seed sector

• Introduction and evaluation of more than 680 maize germplasm

• Seed increase of 137 parental lines

• Diverse maturity group: EPOP, EHYB, IHYB, LHYB, ProA

• Public-private partnership in variety evaluation and knowledge sharing

White

Maize

Hybrids

White

Maize

OPVs

Yellow

Maize

Hybrids

White

QPM

Yellow

QPM

Provitamin

A Hybrids

Provitamin A

In Breds For

Evaluation

332 30 28 50 10 24 75

Maize

Wheat


• Increasing Wheat Production through Rapid Diffusion of High Yielding Rust Resistant Wheat Varieties

• Introducing Fungicide to Wheat Management • Establishment of Durum Wheat Value Chain

Wheat

CIMMYT deployed 16 new, high yielding & rust resistant wheat varieties to >9,300 families in 56 districts - 297 ton wheat seeds deployed to generate 5,800 ton seeds in rural areas. Increase in yields: 20-50% more over the currently grown varieties and buffer the risk of deadly disease spread & abiotic stresses Beneficiaries: 3600 individuals including smallholder farmers, tenants, women headed households affected by recent floods in Punjab

Working with multi-partners including NRSP having directly linked with 200,000 grassroots organizations and >400,000 smallholder families

Geographical Focus: rural areas of food insecure districts & also working in stress environments; drought-prone, salinity-prone areas

Wheat

● First national workshop on durum wheat lead to facilitation of first durum NUYT at 9 locations in Pakistan, that will identify and release promising durum wheat in Pakistan

● Partnership with private sector working on milling technology for durum wheat in Pakistan

Wheat

Rice


• Breeding program for improved Indica and Basmati rice

• Improved crop management

• Improved post-harvest and quality control

• Capacity building for rice researchers and extension officers

Rice

• Identified three Bacterial Leaf Blight resistant and evaluation of 900 advanced rice lines and selected 318 elite lines

• distribution of 600 kg seed Basmati 515 in Punjab resulting in 10% higher yield.

• 100 kg seed NIAB IR-9 in Baluchistan result in average yield 6.9 tons/ha (NIAB-IR9) as compared to 5.5 tons/ha (IR-6).

Capacity Building

Pakistani Scientist trained on Molecular Breeding in Los Baños, Philippines and extension officers on local Crop Check system

Developing and out-scaling High Yielding Improved Rice

Breeding Program for Improved Indica and Basmati Rice

Improved Crop Management Extension of Direct Seeding Of Rice Technology

• Modified wheat drill for rice seed drilling-reduced seed breakage from 5.1% to 1.7%

• Established 243 DSR plots which resulted in yield

increment 12-20% and average benefit of Rs. 3,000-6,000 per acre.

Demonstration of Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD)

• Farmers saved 2-4 irrigations with AWD and water saving of worth Rs. 2000-3000/acre and 3-5% high yield

Rice


• Conservation Agriculture Based Technologies (CA) • Agriculture Based Mechanization • Comparative Benefits of the Conservation and

Traditional Agriculture Practices

Agronomy

Agronomy

• Partnership developed with 10 national partner (Agriculture research, extension and private sector)

• On – Farm CA technologies demonstration: Zero

tillage wheat after rice, mung and maize; Ridge planting of wheat, Bed planting and better agronomy on 300 sites in 20 districts

• Training: 144 include 127 men and 17 women • Field Days: 700 farmers participated Resulted in Better yield, saving of irrigation water and saving in cost of cultivation

Dissemination of Conservation Agriculture Technologies

Agronomy

Provision of CA planters to partners (Agriculture Research, Extension and private) • Multi crop bed planter for maize, cotton and wheat

• Plant various crops with one planter with inclined plate seeding system

• Planted maize, cotton, and wheat on 50 sites across the country

• Zero tillage Happy Seeder in rice-wheat area • Timely wheat planting on 25 sites under heavy residue

without burning of rice residue

Pilot testing of New Conservation Agriculture Planters

Agronomy

• Long-term trial on planting methods and residue management • Cotton – wheat system (ARS – Bahawalpur) • Rice – wheat system (RRI – KSK) • Maize – wheat system (CCRI – Nowshera) • Rain fed wheat system (BARI – Chakwal)

• Site Specific Nutrient Management to improve fertilizer use efficiency • Validation of Nutrient Expert for maize & wheat on 25

sites • Validation of Green seeker for Nitrogen management

in wheat on 15 sites • Capacity building of national partners

• Training on Conservation Agriculture: 03

Evaluation of CA Techniques in Various Cropping Systems: Research

Socioeconomics

Durum Wheat Value Chain Feasibility Analysis

The study Identified Key stakeholders for sustainable durum wheat value chain development and mapped out potential challenges.

Feasibility of Two Wheel Tractor in Hilly Areas of Pakistan

• Farmers still practice traditional hand-operated tools

• Strong willingness to purchase two-wheel tractor

Socioeconomics

• Area allocation by Farmers: More area to wheat due to its importance as a food security crop

• Source of wheat Seed: 73% farmers from informal source and rust susceptible wheat varieties still dominating

• Problems of water shortage: 57% farmers

• Sources of information: Agri. Extension department (31%) followed by other service providers

• Climatic Change observed by 70% farmers and adjust wheat sowing time accordingly.

Wheat Baseline Surveys

Findings

The Wheat baseline survey was carried out, 950 farmers were interviewed, in Balochistan, Punjab, KP and Sindh.

Socioeconomics

• Major Constraints: Adoption of the maize hybrid by small farmers due to high prices and affordability

• Potential of Maize Crops: In Sindh and Balochistan provinces exists huge potential for maize crop but the farmers need knowledge and training on production technology.

• OPV varieties: use by farmers in Hilly areas like AJK and Gilgit

Maize Baseline Surveys

Findings

The Maize baseline survey was carried out, 650 farmers were interviewed, in AJK, Gilgit-Balochistan, Punjab, KP and Sindh.

Objective Use of modern Information communication technology for helping farmer

Methodology e-Pak Ag uses the ASK ME approach to enhancing ICT use

Websites developed on knowledge of Ag in Pakistan

Several workshops conducted on use of ICT based technology

e-Pak Ag

Human Resource Development

Five PhD and Nine MS scholarships awarded to highly competent scholars, out of which 64% are women

Graduate studies

Increase quality of science and trained scientists supporting commissioned projects • Graduate studies • Vocational training

A working group for vocational training formed to collaboratively plan cross-institute vocational training activities as per need.

Vocational Training

Provincial Agricultural Research for Development Boards

Boards will be established in Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh.

• An integrated approach for research planning;

₋ Efficient allocation of research resources;

₋ Generation of appropriate solutions of the issues faced by various stakeholders in provinces;

₋ The expansion of provincial linkages to greater national, regional, and international communities through mechanism of coordination.

Competitive Grants System

AIP Project Assisted 17,799 Beneficiaries in Pakistan

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