BHarwana
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As an expert in the area...The problems I see is the following:
The seeds ESP if you buy them....Are made in America for American soil, American weather, American ground water potential...
This is what happens when you buy from breeding companies like Syngenta and Monsato...
The seeds are "specially" bred choosing lines which have worked in American...So when you try to grow them in Pakistan...they dont respond similarly...
BEST seeds will be those that already grow in Pakistan and you cross breed them yourself through experiments...
NARC or PARC hasnt really made any seed on its own...It buys...I know this coz I went to an interview for a job there...I said it right on their face you guys dont produce seed you just buy it from USA....Safe to say I wasnt employed but they appreciated my criticism ...
The improvement is there especially in rice sector. When I was very young I only use to see rice grown in sheikupura and pindi bhattian while travelling to my own village and now my area is one of the biggest rice growing areas in Punjab. The money makes the farmer adapt. It is the best motivation. Wheat in Pakistan has it very own good seeds and rice is doing fine as well. Sugar cane got very much improved. The main thing we need to focus is other stuff. Pakistan is making abundant progress is staple food but not is cash cows of agriculture. Like Berry's and fruits and moderan veges stuff which we can export daily to China and rest of the world.