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PAC Agri Connections 2024- April 24th & 25th at Lahore Expo Center

Meet Pakistan’s top agri-business leaders, growers, agri start-ups, government officials, donors, investors, and experts…

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Pakistan Agricultural Coalition held its first PAC Agri-Connections conference and exhibition on March 16, 2023 at the Hotel Movenpick Karachi, where growers, investors, financiers, industries, academics, donors, and government came together to chart a path for the transformation of Pakistan’s agriculture sector.

The State of Pakistan’s Agriculture 2023 report was jointly launched by Pakistan Agricultural Coalition and Pakistan Business Council at the Agri-Connections 2023 conference.

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Established by 20 of Pakistan’s leading business groups, Pakistan Agricultural Coalition (PAC) is a non-profit organization, that aim to transform Pakistan’s agriculture sector.

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Broadening Knowledge Base: BBA Agriculture degree program

In early 2014, PAC brought about a collaboration between University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (UAF), Faisalabad and Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Sukkur to develop a 4-year BBA Agribusiness program that provides technical skills and business development and management training…
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Satellite Based Crop Estimation: Red Chilli in District Umerkot, Sindh and Adjoining Areas

The incomplete, unreliable, untimely and often scattered data about a crop’s area, yield and production have been a limiting factor in documenting and, subsequently, improving agricultural productivity. This results in losses at various levels, from farmers suffering as they…

Promoting Investment and Farmer Participation in Pakistan’s eWHR Regime

Download Private Silo Warehousing Feasibility Study Key to the success of the eWHR regime is widespread investment in near farm storages and agri warehouses which will participate in the regime. All of the facilities which have applied to Naymat…

Electronic Warehouse Receipts Financing

Pakistan’s current wholesale markets are ill-equipped to preserve quality. This negatively impacts farmer profitability. The quality of the product is not preserved as the traditional markets lack the appropriate infrastructure and expertise.  The electronic warehouse receipts-based financing regime (EWR)…

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Government of Punjab and PAC Lead Consultation to Unlock Agri & Livestock Investment Opportunities

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DAY 1, Wednesday, April 24, 2024

  • Welcome and recitation of the Holy Quran
  • Welcome by Mr. Arif Nadeem, CEO Pakistan Agricultural Coalition
  • Mr. Iftikhar Sahoo, Secretary Agriculture Punjab
  • Mr. Muhammad Nassir Salim, President HBL
  • Mr. Samuel Rizk, Resident Representative UNDP
  • Maj Gen Shahid Nazir Director General
  • Strategic Projects LIMS/SIFC
  • 11:00 am to 11:15 am Tea break

Explore how National foods are innovating the process of tomato cultivation

  • Mr. Zeeshan Sheikh Country Manager IFC
  • Musadaq Zulqarnain, Chairman Interloop
  • Mr. Afaq Tiwana, CEO Farmers Associates
  • Mr. Nabeel Awan, Chairman P&D Punjab
  • 1:00 pm to 1:45 pm Lunch

Get on a journey with Nishat Group and agriculture: to learn their transformation from their textiles to dairy and beyond

  • Mr. Olivier Durand, Senior Agricultural Economist, The World Bank
  • Mr. Khalil Sattar, CEO K&N’s
  • Mr. Mohammad Memon, Progressive livestock farmer
  • Mr. Masoud Anwar Secretary Livestock Punjab
  • 3:30 pm to 3:45 pm Tea break   

Engro Fertilizers on provides insights, facts & strategies to priorities for Pakistan’s Food Security

  • Naazer Minhaj, Rural Banking Head, HBL
  • Elise Lee, Commercial Head for Asia, Pula Advisors
  • Aminuddin CEO TPL Insurance”
  • Rafique Buriro, Secretary Agriculture Sindh
  • Key messages from Day 1 – Conference Director Mr. Kazim Saeed
  • 5:00 pm – Close of Day 1

DAY 2, Thursday, April 25, 2024

  • Charles Schneider, IFC
  • Shehzad Anwar, GM Pakistan ADM
  • Shakaib Arif, CEO Naymat Collateral
  • 11:00 am to 11:15 am Tea Break
  • Rahat Jabeen, The World Bank
  • Faraz Zafar Ahmed, Al-Karam
  • Faisal Iftikhar, CEO AquaHatch
  • Secretary Forestry and Fisheries Punjab
  • Ahsan Rana LUMS
  • Syngenta CEO Mr. Zeeshan Baig
  • Maria Saleem, Fatima Group
  • Chaudhry Shaukat, Progressive farmer and seed exporter, Mamoonkanjan
  • Asif Ali, Chair of Federal Government Task Force on Seed
  • 1:15 pm to 2:00 pm Lunch
  • Norbert Havas, CEO ProofMinder (Hungary)
  • Shahid Tawawalla, CEO Meskay & Femtee Trading/Kubota
  • Secretary Agriculture Punjab Mr. Iftikhar Sahoo
  • Sam Knowlton, Global expert on regenerative agriculture
  • Taimur Malik, DrawDown Farms
  • Shad Mustafa, CEO Textile Marketing Company
  • Brig (r) Zaheer ud Din Babar, Advisor on Special Projects, Soorty Enterprises
  • Wasif Khurshid, Secretary Irrigation Punjab
  • 4:00 pm to 4:15 pm lunch break

ZarZaraat Agri start-ups pitching to investors (Sponsored by Bank of Punjab)                

  • Introduction to ZarZaraat by Mr. Hadi Rizvi, Chairman Pakistan Agricultural Coalition
  • The ZarZaraat Process: Mr. Syed Faraz Anwar, Partner, A.F. Ferguson & Co.
  • Jury decisions: Chair of the ZarZaraat Jury Mr. Syed Yawar Ali (Chairman, Nestle Pakistan)
  • Pitches by 3 finalists and investors’ questions
  • Zafar Masud, President, The Bank of Punjab
  • Conference resolutions by Conference Director Mr. Kazim Saeed, Strategy Advisor PAC
  • Vote of Thanks: Mr. Hadi Ali Rizvi, Chairman, Pakistan Agricultural Coalition