Islamabad, Pakistan
January 14, 2008
Government of Pakistan
Ministry of Food, Agriculture & Livestock
Federal Seed Certification & Registration Department
G 9/4, Mauve Area, Islamabad
Tel : +92 51- 9260126
Fax : +92 51-9260234
Subject: SPECIFICATION/AVAILABILITY AND ADDRESSES
Government of Pakistan has launched a project “Establishment of
Facilitation Unit for Participatory Vegetable Seed and Seedling
Production Program.”
The main objective of the program
is to acquire elite genetic resources, collection of indigenous
genetic resources, characterization, purification and
multiplication, to acquire vegetable
seed processing machinery,
seed drying, coating, pelleting, packaging etc, to hire
expertise internationally and locally to train our technician,
vegetable growers, and professionals for hybrid vegetable seed
production.
The project will establish 10
participatory units through out the Pakistan where such facility
would be provided. These participatory units will be comprised
of private seed companies which will enter into agreement to
abide by IPR issue, royalties and investment in technical staff
and use of genetic resources. Project will facilitate the
participatory units for commercial hybrid seed production. The
project has inbuilt fund provision to pay for material,
consultants. It is also envisage introducing through project
vegetable nursery production, so controlled environment facility
would also be acquired in this regard.
Keeping in view the above
significance for vegetable seed industry of Pakistan, you are
very humbly requested to extend cooperation for the provision
of genetic resources and information about relevant
machinery alongwith the cost/royalty and conditionality etc.
The seed manufacturing
equipment companies are particularly requested to send each
specification of individual machinery for placement of order
etc. our request may please be conveyed to others concerned
also.
Your cooperation will be greatly
acknowledged.
With regards,
Dr. Akhlaq Hussain,
Director General/Project Director,
Federal Seed Certification &
Registration Department,
G-9/4, Mauve Area,
Islamabad |
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