Ministry of National Food Security & Research (Pakistan)

Ministry of National Food Security & Research
Agency overview

Formed	()
Headquarters	Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory
Minister responsible	Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan^[1], Federal Minister For National Food Security & Research
Agency executive	Seerat Asghar^[2], Secretary National Food Security & Research
Website	{http://www.mnfsr.gov.pk/}

The Ministry of Agriculture (Ministry of National Food Security & Research), abbreviated as MoA, is a Cabinet-level ministerial department of Government of Pakistan, responsible for implementing, enforcing, developing, and executing the policy on agriculture, rice, livestock, fishing, and farming. The ministry is governed by the Minister of National Food Security and Research, who must be a member of Parliament of Pakistan. As of 2014 that Minister is Sikandar Bosan^[3] and the Parliamentary Secretary For National Food Security & Research is Mr. Rajab Ali Khan Baloch.^[4]

Attached Departments

Agricultural Policy Institute

Agriculture Prices Commission was established in 1981 and re-constituted as Agriculture Policy Institute (API) in 2006 as attached department with ministry.^[5]

Federal Seed Certification & Registration Department

Provide seed certification and quality control cover for various crops and field inspection of the crops of registered varieties and released varieties.^[6]

Animal Quarantine Department

Regulate the import, export and quarantine of animals and animal products, in order to prevent the introduction or spread of exotic diseases and maintain quarantine services of high standards, to protect the livestock industry of Pakistan and other countries.^[7]

National Veterinary Laboratory

National Veterinary Laboratory is a national institution for service and regulatory support to national livestock wealth. These state of the art laboratories are capable of catering needs in advanced applied biotechnology, bacteriology, virology, analytical chemistry, biochemistry, immunology, molecular biology, toxicology, pathology, parasitology and exotic diseases.^[8]

Department of Plant Protection

The department Quarantines and routinely locust Survey and control.^[9]

Autonomous Bodies

Pakistan Agricultural Research Council

Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) is the apex national organization working in close collaboration with other federal provincial institutions in the country to provide science-based solutions to agriculture of Pakistan. The organization promote and coordinate agricultural research, arrange expeditious utilization of research results and establish research establishments to fill in the gaps in existing agricultural research system.^[10]^[11]

Corporations

Pakistan Agriculture Storage and Services Corporation

PASSCO is a public Limited Company, its functions include maintaining strategic reserves of wheat and other specified commodities and procurement of food commodities at Government’s fix price.^[12]

Boards

Pakistan Oilseed Development Board

Pakistan Oil-seed Development Board (PODB) was established in 1995 to enhance indigenous oil-seed production. PODB serves as an important national institution for the development of oilseed sector in the country, besides providing regulatory and policy framework to this sector.^[13]

Livestock and Dairy Development Board

Plan, promote, facilitate and coordinate livestock, poultry and dairy sectors development of Pakistan.^[14]

Fisheries Development Board

Fisheries Development Board is set up to provide and maintain a platform for enhancing and promoting fisheries sector in Pakistan. The board Coordinates with national and provincial activities with relation to aquaculture and shrimp farming and development of market infrastructure and improvement of marketing of fisheries products ^[15]

Companies

Pakistan Dairy Development Company

Pakistan Dairy Development Company (PDDC or Dairy Pakistan) has been established to drive the development of the Pakistan dairy sector. Dairy Pakistan is a Public-Private sector joint initiative to bring about structural long term change in the dairy industry in Pakistan. Dairy Pakistan is chartered to coordinate, manage and facilitate initiatives leading to the development of the dairy sector in the country.^[16]^[17]

Cell

Federal Water Management Cell

Federal Water Management Cell serves as an arm of the Ministry to deal with all the matters related to irrigation water management and agriculture mechanization.^[18]

External links

References

Economy of Pakistan

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See also	Central business districts Foreign aid Foreign trade International ranking Investment in Pakistan Sister cities Provinces by GDP Pakistanis by net worth Politicians Standard of living

Category

Cabinet of the Government of Pakistan

Office of the Prime Minister of Pakistan Office of the President of Pakistan

Cabinet Secretariat	Akthar Hameed Khan National Centre for Rural Development Capital Development Authority Civil Aviation Authority Environmental Protection Agency Federal Directorate of Education Human Organ Transplant Authority Intellectual Property Organisation of Pakistan Islamabad Police Islamabad Traffic Police Global Change Impact Studies Centre Management Services Wing National Archives of Pakistan National Disaster Management Authority National Institute of Disaster Management National Electric Power Regulatory Authority National Institute of Science and Technical Education Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences Pakistan International Airlines Corporation Pakistan Telecommunication Authority Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation Private Educational Institution Regulatory Authority Public Procurement Regulatory Authority Staff Welfare Organization Zoological Survey Department

Ministry of Commerce and Textile Industry	Directorate General of Trade Organizations National Tariff Commission National Textile University Pakistan Horticulture Development and Export Company Pakistan Institute of Fashion and Design Pakistan Institute of Trade and Development State Life Insurance Corporation of Pakistan Trade Development Authority of Pakistan Trading Corporation of Pakistan

Ministry of Communications	National Highway Authority National Highways and Motorway Police National Transport Research Centre Pakistan Post

Ministry of Defence	Airports Security Force Pakistan Armed Forces Inter-Services Public Relations Inter Services Selection Board Military Lands and Cantonments Department National Defence University Institute for Strategic Studies, Research and Analysis Pakistan Air Force Air Intelligence Pakistan Air Force Academy Pakistan Army Defence Housing Authority Frontier Works Organisation Military Intelligence Pakistan Military Academy Pakistan Navy Naval Intelligence Pakistan Marines Pakistan Naval Academy

Ministry of Defence Production	Armament Research and Development Establishment Defence Export Promotion Organization Directorate General of Defence Purchase Directorate General of Munitions Production Heavy Industries Taxila Institute of Optronics Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works Khan Research Laboratories Military Vehicles Research and Development Establishment National Engineering and Scientific Commission Air Weapons Complex National Development Complex Pakistan Aeronautical Complex Pakistan Ordnance Factories Wah Metallurgical Laboratory

Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training	Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Higher Education Commission of Pakistan National Commission for Human Development Pakistan Human Development Fund National Education Foundation National Training Bureau National Vocational and Technical Training Commission Pakistan Manpower Institute

Ministry of Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization	Federal Board of Revenue Directorate General of Intelligence and Investigation Financial Monitoring Unit National Savings Organization Pakistan Bureau of Statistics

Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Foreign Service of Pakistan Foreign Service Academy Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad Strategic Export Control Division

Ministry of Housing and Works	Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation PHA Foundation Public Works Department

Ministry of Human Rights	National Commission for Child Welfare and Development National Commission for Human Rights National Commission on the Status of Women

Ministry of Industries and Production	Engineering Development Board Export Processing Zone Authority National Productivity Organization Pakistan Gems and Jewellery Development Company Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation Pakistan Industrial Technical Assistance Centre Pakistan Institute of Management Pakistan Steel Mills Small and Medium Enterprise Development Authority Utility Stores Corporation

Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication	National ICT R&D Fund National Information Technology Board National Telecommunication Corporation Pakistan Software Export Board Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited Special Communications Organization Virtual University of Pakistan

Ministry of Information, Broadcasting, and National Heritage	Aiwan-e-Iqbal Associated Press of Pakistan Department of Archeology and Museums Federal Land Commission Institute of Regional Studies Iqbal Academy National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage National Language Promotion Department National Museum of Pakistan Pakistan Academy of Letters Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority Pakistan National Council of the Arts Pakistan Television Corporation PTV Academy Press Council of Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam Academy

Ministry of Inter-Provincial Coordination	National Academy of Performing Arts Pakistan Cricket Board Pakistan Sports Board Pakistan Veterinary Medical Council

Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control	Anti-Narcotics Force Directorate General of Civil Defence Civil Defence Academy National Institute of Fire Technology Directorate General of Immigration and Passports Federal Investigation Agency National Response Centre for Cyber Crime Frontier Constabulary Frontier Corps Bajaur Scouts Chagai Militia Chitral Scouts Gilgit Baltistan Scouts Kharan Rifles Khyber Rifles Zhob Militia Intelligence Bureau National Academy for Prisons Administration National Counter Terrorism Authority National Crises Management Cell National Database and Registration Authority National Forensic Science Agency National Intelligence Directorate National Police Bureau Pakistan Coast Guards Pakistan Rangers

Ministry of Law and Justice	Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan

Ministry of National Food Security and Research	Animal Quarantine Department Department of Plant Protection Fisheries Development Board Livestock and Dairy Development Board National Veterinary Lab Pakistan Agricultural Research Council National Agricultural Research Centre Pakistan Agricultural Storage and Services Corporation Pakistan Oilseed Development Board

Ministry of National Health Services Regulation and Coordination	College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan National Institute of Health National Institute of Population Studies Pakistan Medical and Dental Council Pakistan Health Research Council Pakistan Nursing Council Pharmacy Council of Pakistan

Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development	Bureau of Emigration and Overseas Employment Employees Old-Age Benefits Institution Overseas Pakistanis Foundation

Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources	Geological Survey of Pakistan Oil and Gas Development Company Pak-Arab Refinery Company Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation Pakistan Petroleum Pakistan State Oil Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited Sui Southern Gas Company

Ministry of Planning and Development	Planning Commission of Pakistan National Fertilizer Development Centre Pakistan Institute of Development Economics Pakistan Planning and Management Institute

Ministry of Ports and Shipping	Government Shipping Office Gwadar Port Authority Karachi Port Trust Marine Fisheries Department Mercantile Marine Department Pakistan Marine Academy Pakistan National Shipping Corporation Port Qasim Authority

Ministry of Railways	Pakistan Railways

Ministry of Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony	Council of Islamic Ideology Evacuee Trust Property Board Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee Madrassah Education Board

Ministry of Science and Technology	Council for Work and Housing Research National Institute of Electronics National Institute of Oceanography Pakistan Antarctic Programme National University of Sciences and Technology Pakistan Council for Renewable Energy Technologies Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources Pakistan Council for Science and Technology National Commission for Science and Technology Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Pakistan Engineering Council Pakistan National Accreditation Council Pakistan Science Foundation Pakistan Museum of Natural History Pakistan Scientific and Technological Information Center Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority

Ministry of States and Frontier Regions	Chief Commissionerate for Afghan Refugees

Ministry of Water and Power	Alternative Energy Development Board Federal Flood Commission Indus River System Authority National Energy Conservation Centre National Engineering Services Pakistan National Transmission and Despatch Company Private Power and Infrastructure Board Water and Power Development Authority

Independent/other departments and agencies	Abdus Salam Centre for Physics Center for Earthquake Studies Attorney-General for Pakistan Auditor General of Pakistan Board of Investment Cabinet Committee on National Security Central Board of Film Censors Competition Commission of Pakistan Controller General of Accounts Council of Common Interests Defence Science and Technology Organization Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority Economic Coordination Committee Election Commission of Pakistan Federal Public Service Commission Civil Services Academy Federal Judicial Academy Frequency Allocation Board Gazette of Pakistan Institute of Bankers Pakistan Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan Inter-Services Intelligence Maritime Security Agency National Accountability Bureau National Bioethics Committee National Command Authority Centre of Excellence for Nuclear Security Strategic Plans Division Force National Commission for Government Reforms National Guard National Library of Pakistan National Logistics Cell National Police Academy of Pakistan National School of Public Policy National Security Council Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission CHASNUPP Center for Nuclear Training KANUPP Institute of Nuclear Power Engineering National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology Nuclear Institute for Food and Agriculture Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal Pakistan Bar Council Pakistan Commissioner for Indus Waters Pakistan Council for Architects and Town Planners Pakistan Customs Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services Pakistan Institute of Public Finance Accountants Pakistan Meteorological Department National Agromet Centre Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority Pakistan Oilfields Printing Corporation of Pakistan Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission of Pakistan Institute of Space and Planetary Astrophysics KU Observatory Institute of Space Technology Pakistan Mission Control Centre Satellite Ground Station Sonmiani Spaceport Tilla Satellite Launch Centre State Bank of Pakistan National Institute of Banking and Finance Pakistan Mint Secretariat Training Institute Survey of Pakistan Trade Dispute Resolution Organisation Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited

Inactive/vacant portfolios	Office of the Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan

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