PROJECT NAME

PRODUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENT OF RICE

PROJECT DIRECTOR NAME

Contact No:

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LOCATION

Islamabad, Punjab, Sindh, KPK, Balochistan

SPONSORING AGENCY

M/o NFS&R through PSDP and Agri. Department (Punjab, Sindh, KPK &Balochistan) through ADP

EXECUTING AGENCY

M/o NFS&R, PARC and Director General Agri. Extension and Agri. Research (Punjab, Sindh, KPK &Balochistan).

ORIGINAL COST

Rs. 15,789.402 million

SCOPE

  • Coordinated research to develop rice varieties for climate resilient, high yielding, short duration, insect pest and disease resistant as well as crop production & protection technologies.
  • Popularize agricultural machinery, seed of improved varieties and fertilizer use for rice by providing subsidies and making demonstrations.
  • Demonstrate appropriate & mechanized production technologies for rice planting, water saving and harvesting etc.
  • Mobilization of multidisciplinary research& extension based scientific resources using print & electronic media, field demonstrations and field days/meetings etc to improve rice production.

PARC

  • Conducted National Uniform Yield Trials of rice (3 trials at 10 locations each).
  • The Annual Rice Planning/Review meeting was held on July 9-10, 2020.
  • Variety Evaluation Committee (VEC) was held on November 24, 2020 at PARC Hq Islamabad.
  • Organized Traveling Rice Seminar/National Uniform Yield Trial Evaluation (2020) throughout the rice growing ecologies of Pakistan during October 2-15, 2020.
  • Procurement of Research Machinery & Equipment)

Punjab
Subsidy on Seeds and Implements

  • 210,400 bags of certified seed
  • 24 Riding type rice transplanter
  • 26 Nursery raising machines with trays
  • 14 Walk after type rice transplanters,
  • 41 DSR Drill
  • 27 MB plough/Disc plough,
  • 94 Water tight rotavator
  • 166 Power sprayers

Balochistan
Subsidy on Seeds

  • 16 ton of certified seed

Khyber Pukhtunkhwa
Subsidy on Seeds

  • 151 ton of certified seed

Subsidy on weedicides

  • 3462 kg/liter of weedidicede

Demonstration plots

  • Acre: 41

The project will help to increase the average paddy yield by 10 maunds per acre for basmati rice and 20 maunds per acre for coarse rice by reducing yield gaps and increasing productivity.

PROJECT DETAILS

Date of approval with Forum
Original date Revised Date, if any All subsequent Revisions if any
N/A N/A
Financial Arrangement Islamabad, Punjab, Sindh, KPK, Balochistan
Donor (if any)along with a share of foreign aid in the cost N/A
Actual Date of Commencement 29-08-2019
Completion Date (as per PC-I) 30-06-2024
Likely Completion Date 30-06-2024
Reason of Time and Cost Overrun N/A
Specific decision/ recommendation made during previous quarterly reviews of PSDP 2019-20 NIL
PMES system updated on (please specify date) 31-12-2020
Financial progress
a) Expenditure up to June 2020 318.44 million
b) %age Financial progress to-Date 2.84%
Physical completion (in %age terms) 80%
Allocation 2020-21 Rupee Foreign loan(if any)
RS. 350.00 million Nil
Releases 2020-21 Rupee Foreign Loan(if any)
Rs. 169.582 million Nil
Expenditure/Utilization 2020-21 (July-Sept 2020) Rupee Foreign loan(if any)
Rs. 131.251 million Nil
Bottlenecks/Issues impeding progress on the project (if any) NIL
Latest implementation status of the decision/recommendation NIL