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…
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.
PAC's Role
PAC works towards helping Pakistan realize the potential of its agricultural industry by connecting the dots across it.
Our Projects
Organized Financial Inclusion for Farmers: Crop Insurance
PAC teamed up with local and international partners to develop a reliable crop insurance solution for Pakistan’s small farmers using satellite imaging and rapid data collection. PAC
Sustainable and Traceable Cotton Cultivation
Pakistan Agricultural Coalition (PAC) incorporated a company called Mehrgarh Kasht Private Limited (MKPL) to produce low-trash, high-quality cotton through large-scale, mechanized cultivation with full traceability
The State of Pakistan’s Agriculture Report 2023
A joint policy agenda had been developed by PAC with Pakistan Business Council (PBC), an advocacy forum established by the leading corporate groups in Pakistan.
Formation of the Collateral Management Company on Warehouse-receipts-based financing
In collaboration with multiple stakeholders which include the Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan, the State Bank of Pakistan, USAID, and the International Finance Corporation
Farm Mechanization
In collaboration with Pakistan’s largest rice exporters (Garibsons, Conwill Pakistan, MM Commodities, RBI) and leading agri-chemicals provider Jaffer Agro Services, PAC has piloted a mechanised rice farming
First loans to farmers with crop as collateral disbursed
KARACHI: The first-ever loans by a leading Pakistani bank to farmers with crop as collateral have been disbursed in the Muridke area of district Sheikhupura.The
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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
