Patco News

PATCO Signed an MOA with Korea-SeoJung Cooking / OAKS CAF

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PATCO Signed an MOU between PATCO and NTC Eco Farms

Dr. Mansab Ali CEO, PATCO and Mr. Mudassar Ahmed, Managing Director NTC Eco Farms signing the MOU

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PATCO Team visited Horticulture PATCO Farm

PATCO Team with CEO PATCO at HP Farm

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Agriculture Investment Symposium at Marriot Hotel Islamabad

CEO PATCO (Right) in Agriculture Investment Symposium, along with PATCO’s Manager Marketing and Manager Supply Chain

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Participation in Meeting on Development of Organic Standards

Dr. Mansab Ali CEO, PATCO, Dr. Yousaf Zafar, Consultant & Ex Chairman PARC and Dr. Mansoor PD, Pulses PSDP

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Quality Nursery Fruit Plants

Quality Nursery Fruit Plants Produced under the Supervision of NARC Scientists, are now available at PATCO HP Farm (PATCO HP Farm, NARC Complex, Park Road, Chak Shahzad Islamabad)

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Quality Rice Seeds available at PATCO, NARC, Islamabad

PARC Agrotech Company – PATCO is always providing quality Crops and Vegetables Seeds to farmers all over the Pakistan. These seeds are being produced at Agriculture Reaerch Institutes of National Agriculture Research Center (NARC), Islamabad. Rice Seeds are available at PATCO.

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PATCO News & Events

PATCO

Innovation Indeed

A dynamic commercial and marketing company has been looked out since long for transferring the knowledge and technical know how, available with National Agricultural Research System (NARS) in general and PARC in particular to the ultimate end users viz. agro-industries and farmers. To fill the gap, PARC on the directive of Government of Pakistan has established an Innovative Product Marketing Company viz. PARC Agrotech Company (Pvt) Limited – PATCO with its head office at Islamabad.

The company got incorporated with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan under the Companies Ordinance, 1984 (XLVII of 1984) on 11th April, 2008. The company is limited by shares.

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Services

Food Security

Monitoring & Evaluation

Capacity Building

Remote Sensing & Gis

Agribusiness

Environment

Social Sector

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Our Projects

Capacity Building of National Agricultural Research System Scientists in Advance Analytical Techniques

Agricultural Linkages Program (ALP) Ministry of National Food Security & Research – Government of Pakistan ​

​May 2019 to April 2021 (continued)

Cropping Pattern Zonation of Pakistan

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

​January 2019 to December 2019

Organizing workshops to present vision 2050 reports to government of Pakistan (Vision 2050)

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (UNFAO)

​December 2015 to March 2016​

CEO’s Message

Dr. Mansab Ali (CEO)

It is well-known fact that Pakistan is an agricultural country and struggling hard for self-sufficiency in agricultural production to reduce its import bill and bring prosperity to the tillers. I firmly believe that we can not only achieve these targets but also earn precious foreign exchange by developing robust technologies and their speedy transfer to the stakeholders. Regrettably, the present technology transfer process is slower and sluggish as compared to its desirable level particularly in ever increasing global competition. This invigorates the need to establish a dynamic commercial and marketing company to transfer knowledge and technical know how, available with PARC and/or National Agricultural Research System (NARS) to the ultimate end users viz.

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PATCO Business Model

The principal business of the company is marketing and promotion of research and development (R&D) of products and services developed by Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC), its research centres and other centres operating under National Agricultural Research System (NARS). PATCO is a unique company having a business model in the agriculture sector to develop technologies/products, pilot scale testing, marketing to the customers and commercial production enhancement through the private sector to meet the high demand of the customers. The key points/steps of PATCO business model are given below:

The Business Model includes

  • Addressing agriculture challenges/issues
  • Knowledge/innovation developed by NARS/PARC
  • Pilot-scale testing by PATCO
  • Marketing by PATCO
  • Demand-based upscaling plan
  • Partner involvement for investment
  • Feasibility based investment plan
  • Commercial production & marketing
  • Establishment of display centre/franchises
  • Developing certified brands for domestic and international markets