Last updated: December 2006
Plant Protection Organization Chart
Important Contact Addresses
Responsible Ministry/Ministries
–
Responsible Department
Myanmar Agriculture Service
Mr Ohn Than, Managing Director
Ministry of
Agriculture and Irrigation
Kabaaye Road
Yangon, Myanmar
Tel:
(+95) 067-410138
Fax: (+95) 067-410007
Operational Offices:
Plant Protection
Plant Quarantine
Surveillance, Pest Outbreaks and Invasive Species Management
Pesticide Registration
Plant Protection Division
Mr Myo Myint, Deputy
General Manager
Myanmar
Agriculture Service, Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation
Bayintnaung Road, West Gyogone
Insein
P.O. 11011
Yangon, Myanmar
Tel:
(+95) 01 644214 / 640459
Fax: (+95) 01 644019
Official International Contact Points
National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO) Contact Point (for IPPC/APPPC)
NPPO unofficial
Plant Protection
Division
Mr MyoMyintT ype, Deputy
General Manager, Head of Plant Protection
Myanmar
Agriculture Service, Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation
Bayintnaung Road (Kanbe Road)
Yankin
Township, West Gyogone
Insein
P.O. 11011
Yangon, Myanmar
Tel:
(+95) 01 644214 / 640459
Fax: (+95) 01 667991
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
Website: www.ppagriserve.com.mm
WTO-SPS Contact Point
Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA)
Ministry of National Planning and Economic Development
653-691 Merchant Street
Yangon, Myanmar
Tel: (+95) 01 822 07 / 720 52 / 752 29
Fax: (+95) 01 821 01
Rotterdam Convention (PIC) DNA Pesticides (P)
Department
of Agricultural Planning
Director
General
MOAI
Naypyitaw
Yangon, Myanmar
Tel/Fax: (+95) 01 410138 / 410007
E-mail: [email protected]
Stockholm Convention (POP) National Focal Point (P)
National
Commission for Environmental Affairs (NCEA)
Dr San Win: Dy. Director, Joint Secretary
(unofficial)
Yangon, Myanmar
Tel: (+95) 01 644495 / 96 / 97
E-mails: [email protected] and [email protected]
Basel Convention Competent Authority (CA) and Focal Point
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Selected Country Statistics
Agricultural Population |
34 million |
Agricultural Land |
10.6 million ha |
GDP $ million |
Agric. GDP: 38.5% |
GNI per capita: $ |
Undernourishment: 5% |
Main crops grown: Rice, Black gram, Green gram, Pigeon pea, Sesame, Groundnut, and Maize. |
GDP = Gross Domestic Product; GNI = Gross National Income; Hunger = Population below minimum energy requirement
Last updated: December 2006
List of Key Legislation/Regulations/Rules
1993 Plant Pest Quarantine Law (needs updating)
Web source for further information: –
Policies (regarding plant quarantine) |
Yes |
No |
Does phytosanitary legislation cover domestic quarantine? |
x |
|
Does phytosanitary legislation cover import quarantine? |
x |
|
Does phytosanitary legislation cover export quarantine? |
x |
|
Does phytosanitary legislation cover living modified organisms? |
x |
|
Is plant quarantine a separate organization from animal quarantine? |
x |
|
Other policy initiatives (under review/progress) |
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Web source for further information: |
Organization
of Plant |
Responsible Organizational Unit |
Pest Risk Analysis |
MOAI/MAS/PPD |
National standards development |
MOAI/MAS/PPD |
International notifications |
MOAI/MAS |
Import: |
|
Import permits | MOAI/MAS/PPD |
Import inspections |
MOAI/MAS/PPD |
Emergency action |
MOAI/MAS/PPD |
Export: |
|
Phytosanitary certificates |
MOAI/MAS/PPD |
Treatment of commodities |
MOAI/MAS/PPD |
Infrastructure |
Year: 2005 |
|
Number of plant quarantine officers authorized to inspect/certify |
14 |
|
Total qualified personnel for plant pest risk analysis |
5 |
|
Number of quarantine offices |
55 |
|
entry points (sea/air/land/mail = total) |
10 |
|
post-entry plant quarantine containment facilities |
1 |
|
other offices | ||
Number of quarantine service diagnosis laboratories |
1 |
|
In-country recognized pest diagnostics capabilities |
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Number of laboratories for insect/mite (arthropod) samples |
3 |
|
Number of laboratories for bacteria samples |
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Number of laboratories for virus samples |
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Number of laboratories for fungus samples |
3 |
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Number of laboratories for mycoplasma samples |
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Number of laboratories for nematode samples |
3 |
|
Number of laboratories for plant/weed samples |
2 |
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Number of laboratories for other pests (snail, slug, rodents, etc.) |
Pest-Free Areas |
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Overall management |
MAS, PPD | |||
– | surveillance | PPD | ||
– | management | PPD | ||
– |
certification | PPD | ||
List of target pest species and crops ISPM 4 |
Number of sites in [year] |
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0 |
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List of target pest species and crops ISPM 10 |
Number of sites in [year] |
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0 |
Key Situation Indicators
International Trade |
Year: |
|
Main Import Plant Commodities |
Main countries/areas of origin |
Quantity (tons) |
Germinated oil palm seeds |
Costa Rica, South Africa |
2 597 740 units |
Orchid Plant, Ornamental Plant, Vegetables and Fruits Seeds, Cut Flowers |
Thailand |
3 plant(s) |
Grape cutting, Rubber cutting, Tulip cutting |
Israel, Singapore, Spain, Malaysia, Netherlands |
22.642 MT |
Main Export Plant Commodities |
Main destination countries |
|
Pulses, Oil seed crops |
India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan, China, Bangladesh, Philippines, China, Japan |
|
Maize, Cereal |
Malaysia, China, Singapore, Bangladesh |
|
Timber |
India |
Cooperation Projects |
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Title (Purpose/Target) |
Donor | Amount |
Years (start-end) |
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Capacity Building Programme |
AusAID |
2005-2007 |
|
Phytosanitary Capacity Building Project for the Mekong Region, Phase II |
NZAID |
2006-2008 |
|
Title of government follow-up programmes |
Amount |
Years (start-end) |
|
Key Operation Indicators
Institutional Functions |
Year: 2005 |
Number of import permits issued |
277 |
Number of import inspections carried out |
120 |
Number of emergency phytosanitary treatments taken on imports |
– |
Number notifications of non-compliance |
3 (last 4 years) |
Number of conventional phytosanitary certificates issued |
219 |
Number of electronic phytosanitary certificates issued |
58 |
Number of quarantine pests intercepted |
Year: |
|
Top three commodity |
Top three pest/commodity |
# of interceptions |
Germinated Oil Palm Seeds |
– | – |
– | – | |
– | – | |
Rubber Budwood |
– | – |
Grape Cutting |
– | – |
Lists of Regulated Pests |
Year of last update |
Insects |
Pathogens |
Plants |
Number of quarantine pests |
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Number of regulated non-quarantine pests |
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Number of regulated import articles |
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Web source for further information: – |
Pest Risk Analysis |
Insects |
Pathogens |
Plants |
No. of PRA completed and documented (according to ISPM) |
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Web source for further information: – |
Progress and Constraints
Main Progress in Recent Years (legislation, policies, infrastructure, investments, training, etc.) |
Myanmar as new IPPC contracting parties in May 2006. Concerning the plant quarantine activities, plant quarantine stations are established at the respective regions like land borders, seaport and airports since 1995. The post-entry quarantine studies have been carried out with limitations for the recruitment of plant quarantine inspectors, on-job trainings are conducted every year since 1998. |
Main Constraints (personnel, infrastructure, administrative, operational, training, etc.) |
The status of implementation of existing international and regional standards of phytosanitary measures still need to be further developed. It needs infrastructure, and also faced financial limitations. |
Implementation of ISPM |
Relevance |
Implementation |
Planned/Actual |
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International Measures |
low | medium | high | none | partial | most | full | ||
ISPM 01 |
Principles of plant quarantine as related to international trade | x | x | ||||||
ISPM 02 |
Guidelines for pest risk analysis | x | x | ||||||
ISPM 03 |
Code of conduct for the import and release of exotic biological control agents | x | x | ||||||
ISPM 04 |
Requirements for the establishment of pest free areas | x | x | ||||||
ISPM 05 |
Glossary of phytosanitary terms | x | x | ||||||
ISPM 06 |
Guidelines for surveillance | x | x | ||||||
ISPM 07 |
Export certification system | x | x | ||||||
ISPM 08 |
Determination of pest status in an area | x | x | ||||||
ISPM 09 |
Guidelines for pest eradication programmes | x | x | ||||||
ISPM 10 |
Requirements for the establishment of pest free places of production and pest free production sites | x | x | ||||||
ISPM 11 |
Pest risk analysis for quarantine pests | x | x | ||||||
ISPM 12 |
Guidelines for phytosanitary certificates | x | x | ||||||
ISPM 13 |
Guidelines for the notification of noncompliance and emergency action | x | x | ||||||
ISPM 14 |
The use of integrated measures in a systems approach for pest risk management | x | x | ||||||
ISPM 15 |
Guidelines for regulating wood packaging material in international trade | x | x | ||||||
ISPM 16 |
Regulated non-quarantine pests: concept and application | x | x | ||||||
ISPM 17 |
Pest reporting | x | x | ||||||
ISPM 18 |
Guidelines for the use of irradiation as a phytosanitary measure | x | x | ||||||
ISPM 19 |
Guidelines on lists of regulated pests | x | x | ||||||
ISPM 20 |
Guidelines for a phytosanitary import regulatory system | x | x | ||||||
ISPM 21 |
Pest risk analysis for regulated non-quarantine pests | x | x | ||||||
ISPM 22 |
Requirements for the establishment of areas of low pest prevalence | x | x | ||||||
ISPM 23 |
Guidelines for inspection | x | x | ||||||
ISPM 24 |
Guidelines for the
determination and recognition of equivalence of phytosanitary measures |
x | x | ||||||
ISPM 25 |
Consignments in transit | x | x | ||||||
ISPM 26 |
Establishment of pest free areas for fruit flies (Tephritidae) | x | x | ||||||
ISPM 27 |
Diagnostic protocols for regulated pests | x | x | ||||||
Comments/Constraints Myanmar has very limited quantity of experts in the field of entomology, plant pathology and weeds science for implementation of ISPMs. Every possible ways and means should be observed to obtain opportunities for human resource training. |
Last updated: December 2006
List of Key Legislation/Regulations/Rules for Surveillance, Pest Reporting and Emergency Actions
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Web source for further information: –
Policies (regarding invasive/migratory species management) |
Yes |
No |
National strategy to control serious field pest outbreaks? |
x |
|
National strategy to control migratory or periodically occurring pests? |
x |
|
National strategy to eradicate serious newly invaded exotic pests? |
x | |
Other policies: (e.g. subsidies, etc.) |
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Web source for further information: – |
Organization
of Outbreak |
Responsible Organizational Unit |
Field/Storage Pest Outbreaks |
(e.g. BPH, bollworm, etc.) |
Response strategy/plans |
MOAI/MAS/PPD, States and Divisional Plant Protection Team |
Surveillance |
MOAI/MAS/PPD, States and Divisional Plant Protection Team |
Control |
MOAI/MAS/PPD, States and Divisional Plant Protection Team |
Migratory Pest Outbreaks |
(e.g. locusts, birds, armyworm) |
Response strategy/plans |
MOAI/MAS/PPD |
Surveillance |
MOAI/MAS/PPD, States and Divisional Plant Protection Team |
Control | MOAI/MAS/PPD |
New Exotic Pest Eradication |
(e.g. coconut beetle) |
Response strategy/plans |
MOAI/MAS/PPD |
Surveillance |
MOAI/MAS/PPD, States and Divisional Plant Protection Team |
Control/eradication |
MOAI/MAS/PPD |
|
|
Reporting to bilateral or international organizations |
Infrastructure |
Year: |
Number of designated staff for surveillance of field pests of national importance |
27 |
Number of designated staff for surveillance of migratory and periodically occurring pests |
27 |
Number of designated staff for surveillance of invasive species |
10 |
Number of designated staff for control of field pests of national importance |
17 |
Number of designated staff for control of migratory and periodically occurring pests |
17 |
Number of designated staff for eradication of invasive species |
10 (Pathologist, Entomologist) |
Key Situation and Operation Indicators
(Outbreaks and invasions in the past 2 years)
New exotic species found established in country |
Insects |
Pathogens |
Weeds |
Total number for year: |
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Total number for year: |
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Total number on record |
Eradication or internal quarantine actions taken against economically important species |
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Name of species |
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Year of first discovery |
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Passway | |||
Location of first discovery |
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Area affected [ha] |
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Area treated [ha] |
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Control method |
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Expenditures | |||
Pest outbreak actions |
Outbreak 1 |
Outbreak 2 |
Outbreak 3 |
Name of species |
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Year of outbreak |
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Area affected [ha] |
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Estimated damage $ |
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Area treated by government [ha] |
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Expenditures by government [$] |
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Control method |
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More information |
Progress and Constraints
Main Progress in Recent Years (legislation, policies, infrastructure, investments, training, etc.) |
There is no outbreak and invasive species in the past 2 years. |
Main Constraints (personnel, infrastructure, administrative, operational, training, etc.) |
Financial and technical assistance in compilation of existing quarantine pest list in Myanmar is essentially requested for various types of crops. |
Last updated: December 2006
List of Key Legislation/Regulations/Rules for Pest Management
–
Web source for further information: –
Yes |
No |
|
Do you have policies encouraging organic or low-pesticide use production |
x |
|
Is IPM specifically mentioned in laws or policy documents? |
x | |
Do you have official Good Agricultural Practice
(GAP) or any other relevant |
x |
|
Is pest management extension separate from general extension? |
x |
|
Other policies:
(subsidies, production inputs, etc.) |
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Web source for further information: – |
Organization of Plant |
|
Policy development |
MOAI |
Pest management research |
MOAI/MAS/PPD |
Control recommendations |
MOAI/MAS/PPD |
Pest management extension |
MOAI/MAS/PPD |
IPM training | MOAI/MAS/PPD |
GAP training | MOAI/MAS/PPD |
Infrastructure |
Year: 2005-2006 |
Number of technical officers for pest management |
39 |
Number of central, regional, provincial or state offices |
17 |
Number of district and village level field offices |
71 |
Number of field/extension agents for pest management advice |
61 |
Number of field/extension agents trained in IPM-FFS facilitation |
17 |
Number of government biocontrol production/distribution facilities |
1 |
Number of government biopesticide production/distribution facilities |
1 |
Number of general extension staff involved in pest management |
61 |
Number of designated plant protection technical officers for extension |
17-Districts, |
Key Situation and Operation Indicators
Pest Management |
Yes |
No |
Does
the country have a National IPM Programme? |
x | |
Does
the country have specific IPM extension programmes? |
x | |
Does
the country have specific IPM research programmes? |
x | |
Does
the country have specific GAP extension programmes? |
x | |
Does
the country have specific GAP research programmes? |
x |
Market shares (estimated value, volume or area under control) |
Year: |
Size of chemical pest control market |
100% |
Size of biopesticides market |
36 000 litre Neem |
Size of biological control agents market |
Major pest control requiring crops (requiring most pesticide applications) |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Affected crop |
Cotton | Pulses | Vegetable |
Name(s) of pest(s) |
Spodoptera, sucking, bollworms |
Spodoptera, sucking, bollworms and pod borers |
Spodoptera, sucking and beetles |
Estimated crop loss |
No valid data |
No valid data |
No valid data |
Affected area |
No valid data |
No valid data |
No valid data |
Number of pesticide applications or amount of pesticide used |
Three times | Two times | One times |
Government action taken |
Train the effective use of pesticides to applicators; Field visit and recommendation |
Train the effective use of pesticides to applicators; Field visit and recommendation |
Train the effective use of pesticides to applicators; Field visit and recommendation |
Cooperation Projects |
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Purpose/Target | Donor | Amount |
Years (start-end) |
Ecology-based management of rodents in rainfed cropping systems |
CSIRO |
2003-2005 |
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Sealed storate systems for grain and milled rice |
IRRI |
2004-2005 |
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Purpose/Target of government follow-up programmes |
Amount |
Years (start-end) |
|
Pest Management Extension |
Year: 2005 |
Number of farmers trained in IPM during the year |
945 |
Number of IPM-FFS conducted during the year |
29 |
Number of farmers trained in GAP standards during the year |
– |
Area under IPM/low pesticide management [ha] |
Over 1 000 ha |
Area under organic/pesticide-free management [ha] |
– |
Crops in which IPM or other ecology friendly programmes are successfully implemented: Rice, pulses |
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Crops grown organic/pesticide-free: – |
Progress and Constraints
Main Progress in Recent Years (legislation, policies, infrastructure, investments, training, etc.) |
FFS trainings programme in rice has started in 2000. During last two years there has no report on outbreak of major pests and disease. Overall pest control system in this country also considered based on the ecological aspect of pest management, the biology, behaviour and taxonomy of pests symptomatology and the favourable climatic condition to the disease. |
Main Constraints (personnel, infrastructure, administrative, operational, training, etc.) |
The research activity of IPM are carried out with the limited resource available from the government sector only and other source of funds or technical cooperation is involved. |
Last updated: December 2006
List of Key Legislation/Regulations/Rules
1990 |
Pesticide Law |
1991 |
Implementation Rules to the Pesticide Law |
1995 |
National Food Law |
Web source for further information: –
Policies (regarding pesticide management) |
Yes |
No |
|
Do you have national
pesticide reduction targets? |
x |
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Have you ratified the Rotterdam (PIC) Convention? |
x |
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Have you ratified the Stockholm (POP) Convention? |
x | ||
Have your ratified the Basel Convention? (hazardous wastes) |
x |
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Have your ratified the Montreal Protocol? (MeBr phasing-out) |
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Have you reported the observance of the Code of
Conduct to FAO according to |
x |
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Have you adopted Good Laboratory Practices (GLP)? |
x | ||
Pesticide Registration |
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Do you require pesticides to conform to relevant FAO or WHO specifications? |
x | ||
Do you allow the “me-too” registration and sale of generic pesticides? |
x | ||
Do you require data on product equivalence for generic registration? |
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Do you conduct country-specific risk assessments for… |
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occupational risks? |
x | ||
consumer risks? |
x | ||
environmental risks? |
x | ||
Have you adopted the Global Harmonized System (GHS) for pesticides hazards evaluation and labelling? |
x | ||
Do you accept evaluation results from other countries? |
x | ||
Do you accept field studies conducted in other countries? |
x | ||
Do you require environmental fate studies? |
x | ||
Incentives/Disincentives |
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Do you have a special tax on pesticides to cover externality costs? |
x |
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Do you subsidize or provide low-cost pesticides? |
x |
||
Do you subsidize or provide low-cost biopesticides? |
x |
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Organization of Plant |
|
Legislation | PRB |
Registration | PRB |
Licensing of shops |
MOAI/MAS |
Licensing of field applicators |
MOAI/MAS |
Enforcement/inspections |
MOAI/MAS/PPD |
Testing of pesticide efficacy |
MOAI/MAS/PPD |
Development of pesticide use recommendations |
MOAI/MAS/PPD |
Safe use training/extension |
MOAI/MAS/PPD |
Food residue monitoring |
MOAI/MAS/PPD |
Environmental monitoring |
MOAI/MAS/PPD |
Health monitoring |
MOH |
Other Stakeholders: |
|
Pesticide Industry Association |
|
Civil Society
Organizations |
Infrastructure |
Year: |
Number of registration officers |
10 |
Number of enforcement officers |
12 |
Number of department quality control laboratories |
1 |
Number of quality control laboratory personnel |
5 |
Number of department residue analysis laboratories |
1 |
Number of residue laboratory personnel |
3 |
Key Situation Indicators
Pesticide Trade: |
Tons |
$ ’000 Value |
|
Imports | 4 704 | ||
Manufacture | |||
Export | |||
Domestic Use/Sales |
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Pesticide Use Profile: |
Tons |
$ ’000 Value |
|
Agriculture | |||
Chem. Insecticides |
2 906 | ||
Chem. Fungicides |
1 237 | ||
Chem. Herbicides |
339 | ||
Chem. Others: e.g. molluscicide, acaricide |
114 | ||
Other e.g. Avamectrin, Bt, Neem |
96 | ||
Other purposes | 12 | ||
TOTAL |
4 704 |
Post Registration Monitoring
Testing, Quality Control and Effects in the Field |
Yes |
No |
Do you have significant problems with low-quality pesticides in the market? |
x |
|
Do you have significant problems with pesticide resistance? |
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Do you have a list of pesticides under close observation for problems |
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Source for more information: – |
Health and Environmental Information |
Yes |
No |
Do you maintain data on pesticide poisoning cases? |
x |
|
Do you have a system to monitor pesticide residues in food? |
x |
|
Do you have a system to monitor pesticide residues in the environment? |
x |
|
Do you have significant problems of environmental contamination from pesticides? |
x |
|
Do you have data on pesticides effects on wildlife and ecosystems? |
x |
|
Source for more information: – |
Pesticide Disposal |
Yes |
No |
Do you have system to collect and safely dispose of used containers and small quantities of left-over pesticides? |
x |
|
Do
you have an inventory of outdated and obsolete pesticides in the country? |
x |
|
Do you have illegal trade in pesticides? |
x |
|
Source for more information: – |
Key Operation Indicators
Registration/Regulation/Monitoring |
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a.i.* |
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Number of registered pesticide products |
818 |
|
Number of registered biopesticides (Avamectrin, Bt, Neem, etc.) |
3 |
|
Number of restricted-use pesticides/formulations |
7 |
|
Number of banned pesticides |
19 |
|
Number of licensed outlets |
1 637 |
|
Number of licensed field applicators (professional and/or farmers) |
958 |
|
Number of licensing violations reported during year |
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Number of quality control analyses conducted during year |
202 |
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Number of food samples analyzed for pesticide residues during year |
184 |
|
Number of samples exceeding MRL |
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Number of environmental samples analyzed for pesticide residues |
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* active ingredient |
Pesticides Restricted in Recent Years |
|
Year |
Name of active ingredient or hazardous formulation |
Pesticides Banned in Recent Years |
|
Year |
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Cooperation Projects |
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Purpose/Target | Donor | Amount |
Years (start-end) |
Baseline Survey on the use of insecticides on rain-fed rice |
IRRI |
2003-2005 |
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Purpose/Target of government follow-up programmes |
Amount |
Years (start-end) |
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The survey of pesticides use on important crops |
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Progress and Constraints
Main Progress in Recent Years (legislation, policies, infrastructure, investments, training, etc.) |
Myanmar now has access to the Rotterdam Convention and observes the International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides to implement the PIC procedure. |
Main Constraints (personnel, infrastructure, administrative, operational, training, etc.) |
Control and monitoring mechanism including selling of extremely hazardous, low standard and banned pesticides in the market. Trans boundary issues long, open and porous border with neighbouring countries. Due to the under technical staffs inadequate legal and regulatory framework. |
Last updated: December 2006
Genetically Modified Crops |
|
Name of GMO Crop |
Area under Cultivation [ha] |