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Department
of Plant Protection Overview |
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The
Plant Protection measures help in increasing the per hectare
yield by protecting crops from damages of insects, diseases
and weeds, because, without effective protection against the
attack of pests and diseases, the beneficial outcome of other
inputs may not be realized either. In this connection, the Department
of Plant Protection provides facilities, such as, locust survey
and control; pest control by air on field crops, quarantine
of agricultural commodities, and monitoring of pesticides imports,
manufacture, formulation, repacking, advertisement, sale, use
and quality. |
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Activities |
| Locust
Survey & Control |
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The
Department has averted many disasters since 1947,
The
Department keeps constant vigil in the locust prone
regions in Pakistan which are spread over 3000,000
square kilometers.
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| Plant
Quarantine |
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The
Pakistan Plant Quarantine Act 1976 and Rules 1967 tare
enforced through which the country is protected from
the entry and spread of exotic insect pests and disease
and trade of plants and plant products is facilitated. |
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| Pesticide
Registration |
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Pesticide
are regulated through the agricultural Pesticides Ordinance
1971, The responsibility of registration / permission
for import and quality control is executed through the
Department of Plant Protection. Due to the efforts of
the Department, the prices are not only contained but
declined by 30-40% despite devaluation of Pak Rupee. |
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| Aerial
Pest Control |
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department maintains 20 aircrafts for locust & crop-pests
spray. However, most of these aircraft require repair
and replacement. The large scale aerial spraying has
been discontinued after transfer of pesticides trade
in 1980 to the private sector. At present the Department
is conducting free of cost aerial spraying on orchard
in Balochistan. |
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Federal
Pesticide Testing and Reference Laboratory
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Testing
samples for Registration, Appeal against analysis reports
of the Provincial Government Labs, Quality Control /
Import, Officially purchased chemicals, Training to
provincial chemists.
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