Country Profile - Pakistan
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Category | Region/Supervising agency | Executing agency | Research focus | Head count | FTEs | Year |
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Federal government | Agricultural Research Council (PARC) | Head Office | Crops, livestock, socioeconomics | 105 | 105.0 | 2003 |
National Tea Research Institute (NTRI) | Tea | 8 | 8.0 | 2003 | ||
National Sugar Cane Research Institute (NSCRI) | Sugarcane, beets | 9 | 9.0 | 2003 | ||
Karakoram Agricultural Research Institute (KARINA) | Crops, livestock, natural resources | 13 | 13.0 | 2003 | ||
Arid Zone Research Centre (AZRC) | Socioeconomics, crops, livestock | 31 | 31.0 | 2003 | ||
Southern Zone Agricultural Research Center, (SARC) | Crops | 45 | 45.0 | 2003 | ||
3 Liaison Offices | Coordination | 5 | 5.0 | 2003 | ||
6 Technology Transfer Institutes (TTI) | Socioeconomics, technological transfer | 23 | 23.0 | 2003 | ||
National Agricultural Research Center (NARC) | of Field and Horticulture Crops (IFHC) | Crops | 274 | 274.0 | 2003 | |
Animal Sciences Institute (ASI) | Livestock | 44 | 44.0 | 2003 | ||
of Plant and Environmental Protection (IPEP) | Crops | 35 | 35.0 | 2003 | ||
Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology and Genetic Resources (IABGR) | Biotechnology | 26 | 26.0 | 2003 | ||
Institute of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences (INRES) | Natural resources, environment | 66 | 66.0 | 2003 | ||
Farm Machinery Institute (FMI) | Machinery | 16 | 16.0 | 2003 | ||
Social Science Institute (SSI) | Socioeconomics | 10 | 10.0 | 2003 | ||
Technology Transfer Institute (TTI) | Technological transfer | 5 | 5.0 | 2003 | ||
Training Institute (TI) | Training | 4 | 4.0 | 2003 | ||
Directorate of Scientific Information (DSI) | Services | 5 | 5.0 | 2003 | ||
Administrative and General Services (DAGS) | Crops, livestock | 15 | 15.0 | 2003 | ||
Other federal agencies | Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock | Agricultural Price Commission (APCOM) | Wheat, rice, sugar cane, cotton | 25 | 25.0 | 2003 |
Federal Seed Certification and Registration Department (SCRD) | Crops | 63 | 18.9 | 2003 | ||
National Veterinary Laboratory (NVL) | Beef, dairy | 15 | 15.0 | 2003 | ||
Soil Survey of Pakistan, Lahore (SSP) | Natural resources | 42 | 25.2 | 2003 | ||
Ministry of Science and Technology | Pakistan Council for Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) | Water resources | 114 | 114.0 | 2003 | |
Pakistan Museum of National History (PMNH) | Crops, livestock, natural resources | 21 | 17.9 | 2003 | ||
Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF) | N.A. | 35 | 7.0 | 2003 | ||
Ministry of Environment | Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar (PFI) | Forestry, natural resources | 40 | 40.0 | 2003 | |
Ministry of Planning | National Fertilizer Development Center (NFDC) | Fertilizers | 5 | 2.5 | 2003 | |
— | Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) | Socioeconomics | 18 | 5.4 | 2003 | |
— | Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) | Socioeconomics | 75 | 15.0 | 2003 | |
Provincial government | ||||||
Balochistan | Department of Agriculture | Agricultural Research Institute Sariab (ARIS) | Crops, socioeconomics | 140 | 140.0 | 2003 |
Directorate of Livestock Research and Development | Veterinary Research Institute | Veterinary medicine | 15 | 15.0 | 2003 | |
Beef Research and Production Center Sibi | Beef | 6 | 6.0 | 2003 | ||
Multiple Purpose Sheep Research Center, Loralai | Sheep | 3 | 3.0 | 2004 | ||
Karakaro Sheep Breeding Farm, Maslak District Killa Abdullah | Sheep breeding | 4 | 1.2 | 2003 | ||
Wool Research Laboratories | Wool | 4 | 4.0 | 2003 | ||
North-West Frontier Province | Department of Agriculture and Livestock | Agricultural Research System | Crops, natural resources | 267 | 267.0 | 2003 |
Veterinary Research Institute, Peshawar | Veterinary medicine | 39 | 39.0 | 2003 | ||
Department of Fisheries and Transport | Department of Fisheries | Fisheries | 31 | 31.0 | 2003 | |
Department of Environment | Forest Department | Forestry | 17 | 17.0 | 2003 | |
Punjab | Department of Agriculture | Ayub Agricultural Research Institute (AARI) | Crops | 739 | 739.0 | 2003 |
Directorate of Floriculture | Landscaping | 27 | 11.9 | 2003 | ||
Adaptive Research Center | N.A. | 80 | 80.0 | 2003 | ||
Agricultural Mechanization Research Institute | Wheat , cotton | 17 | 17.0 | 2003 | ||
Livestock and Diary Development Department | Director General of Research | Livestock | 3 | 3.0 | 2003 | |
Veterinary Research Institute | Veterinary medicine | 63 | 63.0 | 2003 | ||
Foot and Mouth Research Institute | Veterinary medicine | 12 | 4.8 | 2003 | ||
Livestock Production Research Institute | Dairy | 42 | 42.0 | 2003 | ||
Poultry Research Institute | Poultry | 126 | 126.0 | 2003 | ||
Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries Department | Punjab Forestry Research Institute | Forestry, natural resources | 19 | 19.0 | 2003 | |
Punjab Wildlife Research and Training Center | Wildlife, natural resources | 3 | 3.0 | 2003 | ||
Director General of Fisheries | Fisheries | 11 | 11.0 | 2003 | ||
Fisheries Research and Training Institute | Fisheries | 22 | 22.0 | 2003 | ||
Planning and Development Department | Punjab Economic Research Institute | Socioeconomics | 19.0 | 19.0 | 2003 | |
Department of Agriculture | Agricultural Engineering Research | Machinery | 3 | 3.0 | 2003 | |
Sindh | Department of Agriculture | Agricultural Research Institute Tandojam (ARIT) | Crops | 148 | 148.0 | 2003 |
Rice Research Institute Dokri | Rice | 59 | 59.0 | 2003 | ||
Sindh Horticulture Research Institute | Horticulture | 80 | 80.0 | 2003 | ||
Wheat Research Institute Sakrand | Wheat | 49 | 49.0 | 2003 | ||
Quaid-e-Awam Agriculture Research Institute Larkana at Naudero | Crops | 16 | 16.0 | 2003 | ||
Directorate of Plant Protection, Director General of Agricultural Extension | Crops | 36 | 18.0 | 2003 | ||
Department of Livestock and Fisheries (DLF) | Central Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory | Veterinary medicine | 29 | 8.7 | 2003 | |
Livestock Development and Research Farm for Kundhi Buffaloes | Dairy | 3 | 2.1 | 2003 | ||
Kamorai Goat Farm | Livestock | 2 | 1.4 | 2003 | ||
Livestock Experimentation Station, Korangi | Beef, dairy | 3 | 1.5 | 2003 | ||
Livestock Experimentation Station, Nabisar | Livestock | 3 | 1.5 | 2003 | ||
Research and Training Institute | Livestock | 8 | 4.0 | 2003 | ||
Directorate of Fisheries | Fisheries | 74 | 28.1 | 2003 | ||
Poultry Production and Research Sindh | Poultry | 61 | 42.7 | 2003 | ||
Sindh Poultry Vaccine Center | Poultry | 10 | 5.0 | 2003 | ||
Forest Wildlife and Environment Department | Silviculture Research Division | Forestry | 2 | 2.0 | 2003 | |
Ministry of Science and Technology | Drainage Research Center | Crops, natural resources | 23 | 11.5 | 2003 | |
Department of Water and Power | Lower Indus Water Management and Reclamation Research Project | Natural resources, crops, socioeconomics | 7 | 7.0 | 2003 | |
Higher education agencies | Allama Iqbal Open University | Department of Agricultural Science | Crops | 5 | 1.5 | 2003 |
Quaid-e-Azam University | Department of Biological Science | Crops, livestock, natural resources | 20 | 6.0 | 2003 | |
Balochistan | University of Balochistan | Chemistry Department | N.A. | 22 | 2.2 | 2003 |
of Biochemistry | Livestock, fisheries, environment | 10 | 3.0 | 2003 | ||
Department of Zoology | Livestock, fisheries | 17 | 5.1 | 2003 | ||
Department of Botany | Botany | 14 | 4.2 | 2003 | ||
Punjab | University of Agriculture, Faisalabad | Crops, livestock, machinery | 337.4 | 119.8 | 2003 | |
— | University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi | Crops, livestock, forestry, socioeconomics | 71 | 10.5 | 2003 | |
— | University of Veterinary and Animal Science | Dairy, poultry | 44 | 13.2 | 2003 | |
Gomal University of D.I.Khan | Faculty of Agriculture | N.A. | 50 | 20.0 | 2003 | |
Sindh | University of Sindh | Department of Botany, Faculty of Natural Science | Postharvest, natural resources | 19 | 5.7 | 2003 |
Department of Fresh Water Biology and Fisheries | Fisheries | 10 | 3.0 | 2003 | ||
Bagui Medical University | Bagui College of Veterinary Sciences | Veterinary medicine | 8 | 2.4 | 2003 | |
Mehran University of Engineering | Institute of Environmental Engineering and Management | N.A. | 7 | 1.4 | 2003 | |
— | Sindh Agricultural University Tandojam | Crops, socioeconomics | 242 | 72.6 | 2003 | |
NWFP | — | NWFP Agricultural University Peshawar | Crops, livestock | 151 | 15.1 | 2003 |
University of Peshawar | Department of Agricultural Engineering | Natural resources, machinery | 13 | 3.9 | 2003 | |
Department of Zoology | Livestock, fisheries | 8 | 1.6 | 2003 |