THE Ministry of National Food Security & Research claims significant progress in reforms and initiatives aimed at strengthening Pakistan’s seed sector to ensure the availability of quality, certified seed for farmers. It says the Seed (Amendment) Act, 2024, will help address long-standing structural issues facing the seed sector. These include: fragmented policies, weak regulations, lack of access to climate-resilient varieties, and outdated certification mechanisms. The law is being projected to reset the sector, shifting it from a fragmented and weakly regulated one to a performance-driven regulatory framework. Indeed, the initiatives signal an........

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