Last updated: January 2007
Plant Protection Organization Chart
Important Contact Addresses
Ministry/Department of Agriculture
Seed
Certification & Plant Protection Centre
Dr K.K.S. Fernando, Director
Department of
Agriculture, Ministry of Agricultural Development
P.O. Box 74, Gannoruwa, Peradeniya, Sri
Lanka
Tel:
(+94) 81 2388044
Fax: (+94) 81 2388077
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.agridept.gov.lk
Plant Protection
Plant Protection
Service
Mr K. Piyasena, Deputy
Director
Seed Certification
& Plant Protection Centre
Department of
Agriculture, Ministry of Agricultural Development
Gannoruwa, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Tel:
(+94) 81 2388316
Fax: (+94) 81 2388316
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.agridept.gov.lk
Plant Quarantine
National
Plant Quarantine Service
Mr R.S.Y. de Silva, OIC
Seed Certification
& Plant Protection Centre
Department of
Agriculture, Ministry of Agricultural Development
Canada Friendship Road, Katunayake,
Sri Lanka
Tel:
(+94) 11 2253709
Fax: (+94) 11 2253709
Website: www.agridept.gov.lk
Surveillance, Pest Outbreaks and Invasive Species Management
–
Pesticide Registration
Office of the
Registrar of Pesticides
Dr G.K. Manuweera,
Registrar of Pesticides
Department of
Agriculture
P.O. Box 49
Peradeniya 20400,
Sri Lanka
Tel:
(+94) 81 2388134
E-mail: [email protected]
Official International Contact Points
National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO) Contact Point (for IPPC/APPPC) unofficial
Seed
Certification and Plant Protection Centre
Ms Kumudo K.S. Fernando, Director
Ministry of
Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation
P.O. Box 74, Gannoruwa
Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Tel:
(+94) 81 2384226/2388088
Fax: (+94) 81 2388077
E-mails: [email protected]; [email protected]
Website: http://www.agridept.gov.lk(en)
WTO-SPS Contact Point
Food
Control Administration Unit
Mr S.
Nagiah
Ministry
of Health, Nutrition and Welfare
385, Baddegama
Wimalawansa Mawatha
Colombo 10,
Sri Lanka
Tel:
(+94) 11 2672073
Fax: (+94) 11 2672073
E-mails: [email protected]; [email protected]
Website: www.health.gov.lk
Rotterdam Convention (PIC) DNA Pesticides
Registrar of Pesticides
Pesticides Registration Office
Getambe
P.O. Box 49
Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka
Tel: (+94) 81 2388135
Fax: (+94) 81 2388135
E-mail: [email protected]
Stockholm Convention (POP) National Focal Point
–
Basel Convention Competent Authority (CA) and Focal Point
Central
Environmental Authority
Chairman
No. 104 Denzil
Kobbekaduwa Mawatha, Battaramulla,
Sri Lanka
Tel:
(+94) 11 2872348
Fax: (+94) 11 2872347
E-mails: [email protected]
or [email protected]
or [email protected]
Ministry
of Environment and Natural Resources
Secretary
No. 104 Denzil
Kobbekaduwa Mawatha
Battaramulla, Sri Lanka
Tel:
(+94) 11 2877290 or 2887453
Fax:
(+94) 11 2877292 or 2861196
E-mails: [email protected]
or [email protected]
or [email protected]
Selected Country Statistics:
Agricultural Population |
8.6 million |
Agricultural Land |
1.9 million ha |
GDP $18 514 million |
Agric. GDP: 18% |
GNI per capita: $930 |
Under nourishment: 22% |
GDP = Gross Domestic Product; GNI = Gross National Income; Hunger = Population below minimum energy requirement |
Last updated: December 2006
List of Key Legislation/Regulations/Rules
1999 Plant Protection
Act No. 35
New regulations under preparation
Web source for further
information: www.agridept.gov.lk
Policies (regarding plant quarantine) |
Yes |
No |
Don’t know |
Does phytosanitary legislation cover both domestic and import/export quarantine? |
x |
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Is plant quarantine a separate organization from animal quarantine? |
x |
||
Does phytosanitary legislation cover non-cultivated plants (wild flora) |
x |
||
Does phytosanitary legislation cover living modified organisms? |
x |
||
Other policy initiatives: (under review/progress) |
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Web source for further information: |
Organization of
Plant |
|
Pest Risk Analysis |
MOA, SCPPC, NPQS |
National Standards development |
MOA, DOA, SCPPC, NPQS |
International notifications |
MOA, DOA, SCPPC |
Import: |
|
Import permits/inspections |
MOA/DOA/SCPPC MOA/DOA/SCPPC/NPQS/Entry points |
Emergency action |
MOA, DOA, SCPPC, Entry points (Seaport, Airport) |
Export: |
|
Phytosanitary certificates |
MOA/DOA/SCPPC/Plant Quarantine |
Treatment of commodities |
MOA, DOA, SCPPC, NPQS, PQU (Seaport, Airport), Private |
Infrastructure |
2006 |
Total
number of plant quarantine officers legally authorized to |
82 |
Total qualified personnel for plant pest risk analysis |
2 |
Number of quarantine offices/stations |
5 |
Number of post-entry plant quarantine containment facilities |
2 |
Number of quarantine service diagnosis laboratories |
2 |
Number of entry points (sea/air/land/mail = total) |
2 |
In-country
recognized pest diagnostics capabilities |
|
Number of laboratories for insect samples |
~10 |
Number of laboratories for pathogen samples |
~10 |
Number of laboratories for plant/weed samples |
~4 |
Pest-Free Areas |
Responsible Organizational Unit | |
Overall management |
MOA, DOA, SCPPC |
|
– surveillance |
MOA, DOA, SCPPC, PPS |
|
– management |
MOA, DOA, SCPPC, PPS |
|
– certification |
MOA, DOA, SCPPC |
|
List of target pest species and crops |
Number of sites in [year] |
|
Synchytrium endobioticum (in ornamental plants) |
Not available |
|
Rhadopholus similes (in foliage plants) |
Not available |
|
Globoderapallida pallida, Globodera rostochiensis |
Not available |
|
Bemisia tabasi, Thrips palmi, Liriomyza sativai |
Not available |
Key Situation Indicators
International Trade |
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Main Import Plant Commodities |
Main countries of origin |
No. of phytosanitary inspections |
Plants and planting materials |
Thailand, Netherlands, India, France |
Not available |
Plant products |
India |
Not available |
Animal feed and fresh fruits |
India, Pakistan, USA, Italy, China, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, Iran, Israel, France, South Africa, USA |
Not available |
Main Export Plant Commodities |
Main destination countries |
|
Vegetables |
Middle East, Europe |
600/month |
Ornamental plants |
Middle East, Europe, Japan |
500/month |
Tea, coir products |
Middle East, Europe |
75/month |
Cooperation Projects |
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Title (Purpose/Target) |
Donor | Amount |
Years (start-end) |
Pest surveillance and compilation of data |
Local funds |
SL Rs. 2 million |
2006 August to |
IPVM | FAO |
SL Rs.1 274 732 |
2002-2006 |
Title of government follow-up programmes |
Amount |
Years (start-end) |
|
Development of scientific information for quality seed production |
SL Rs. |
2007 |
|
Key Operation Indicators
Institutional Functions |
Year: 2006 |
|
Number of import permits issued/inspections |
1 751 |
|
Number of emergency phytosanitary treatments taken on imports |
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Number of quarantine pests intercepted |
||
Number notifications of non-compliance |
05 |
|
Number of phytosanitary certificates issued |
||
|
Number of
electronic certificates issued: Yes No
� Number of conventional certificates issued: Yes � No |
0 48 116 |
Lists of Regulated Pests |
Year of last update |
Insects |
Pathogens |
Plants |
Number of regulated quarantine pests |
1994 |
132 |
||
Number of regulated non-quarantine pests |
1994 |
81 |
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Number of regulated import commodities |
Pest Risk Assessments |
Insects |
Pathogens |
Plants |
No. of PRA completed and documented (according to ISPM) |
1 |
10 |
1 |
Web source for further information: |
Progress and Constraints
Main Progress in Recent Years (legislation, policies, infrastructure, investments, training, etc.) |
Legislation, policies and infrastructure have been improved in recent years. |
Main Constraints (personnel, infrastructure, administrative, operational, training, etc.) |
Administrative, operational, training, etc. could be considered as main constraints. |
Implementation of ISPM |
Relevance |
Implementation |
Planned/Actual |
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International Measures |
low | medium |
high |
none | partial |
most |
full |
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ISPM 01 |
Principles of plant quarantine as related to international trade | ||||||||
ISPM 02 |
Guidelines for pest risk analysis |
x |
x |
||||||
ISPM 03 |
Code of conduct for the import and release of exotic biological control agents | ||||||||
ISPM 04 |
Requirements for the establishment of pest free areas | ||||||||
ISPM 05 |
Glossary of phytosanitary terms | ||||||||
ISPM 06 |
Guidelines for surveillance |
x |
x |
||||||
ISPM 07 |
Export certification system |
x |
x |
||||||
ISPM 08 |
Determination of pest status in an area | ||||||||
ISPM 09 |
Guidelines for pest eradication programmes | ||||||||
ISPM 10 |
Requirements for the establishment of pest free places of production and pest free production sites | ||||||||
ISPM 11 |
Pest risk analysis for quarantine pests |
|
|
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ISPM 12 |
Guidelines for phytosanitary certificates | ||||||||
ISPM 13 |
Guidelines for the notification of noncompliance and emergency action |
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ISPM 14 |
The use of integrated measures in a systems approach for pest risk management | ||||||||
ISPM 15 |
Guidelines for regulating wood packaging material in international trade | ||||||||
ISPM 16 |
Regulated non-quarantine pests: concept and application | ||||||||
ISPM 17 |
Pest reporting | ||||||||
ISPM 18 |
Guidelines for the use of irradiation as a phytosanitary measure | ||||||||
ISPM 19 |
Guidelines on lists of regulated pests | ||||||||
ISPM 20 |
Guidelines for a phytosanitary import regulatory system | ||||||||
ISPM 21 |
Pest risk analysis for regulated non-quarantine pests | ||||||||
ISPM 22 |
Requirements for the establishment of areas of low pest prevalence | ||||||||
ISPM 23 |
Guidelines for inspection |
x |
x |
||||||
ISPM 24 |
Guidelines for the
determination and recognition of equivalence of phytosanitary measures |
||||||||
ISPM 25 |
Consignments in transit | ||||||||
ISPM 26 |
Establishment of pest free areas for fruit flies (Tephritidae) | ||||||||
ISPM 27 |
Diagnostic protocols for regulated pests | ||||||||
Comments/Constraints |
Last updated: December 2006
Policies (regarding invasive/migratory species management) |
Yes |
No |
Don’t know |
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: |
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List of legislation/regulations/rules for surveillance, pest reporting and emergency actions: |
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Web source for further information: |
Organization of Plant |
Responsible
Organizational Unit |
Field Pest Outbreaks |
(e.g. BPH, bollworm, etc.) |
Response strategy/plans |
MOA/DOA/SCPPC/PPS |
Surveillance |
MOA, DOA, SCPPC, PPS, DD (District) |
Control |
MOA, DOA, SCPPC, PPS, DD (District) |
Migratory Pest Outbreaks |
(e.g. locusts, birds, armyworm) |
Response strategy/plans |
MOA, DOA, SCPPC, PPS, MOE, CEA |
Surveillance | MOE |
Control |
MOA, DOA, SCPPC, PPS, DD (District) |
New Exotic Pest Eradication |
(e.g. coconut beetle) |
Response strategy/plans |
MOA, DOA, SCPPC, PPS, MOE, CEA, MOP |
Surveillance |
MOA, DOA, SCPPC, PPS, CRI |
Control/eradication |
MOA, DOA, SCPPC, PPS, CRI |
Reporting to international organizations |
|
Infrastructure |
Year: |
Number of designated staff for surveillance and control of field pests of national importance |
|
Number of designated staff for surveillance and control of migratory and periodically occurring pests |
|
Number of designated staff for surveillance and eradication of invasive species |
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: |
|||
Total number for year: |
|||
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 [ha] |
|||
Control method |
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Expenditures | |||
Add more if necessary |
Progress and Constraints
Main Progress in Recent Years (legislation, policies, infrastructure, investments, training, etc.) |
Main Constraints (personnel, infrastructure, administrative, operational, training, etc.) |
Lack of trained staff and infrastructure. |
Last updated: December 2006
Policies (regarding pest management) |
Yes |
No |
Don’t know |
Do you have policies encouraging organic or low-pesticide use |
x |
||
Is IPM specifically mentioned in laws or policy documents? |
x |
||
Do you have official Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) or any other relevant food safety (ecofood, etc.) standards for pest management? |
x |
||
Is pest management extension separate from general extension? |
x |
||
Other policies: |
|||
List of legislation/regulations/rules for pest management: 1999 Plant Protection Act No. 35 |
|||
Web source for further information: www.agridept.gov.lk |
Organization of Plant |
Responsible
Organizational Unit |
Policy development |
MOA, DOA, SCPPC, PPS, ROP |
Pest management research |
HORDI, RRI |
Control recommendations |
MOA, DOA, SCPPC, PPS, ROP, HORDI, RRI |
Pest management extension |
MOA, DOA, SCPPC, PPS, D/Extension, DD/Extension (District) |
IPM training |
MOA, DOA, SCPPC, PPS |
GAP training |
MOA, DOA, SCPPC, PPS, ROP |
Infrastructure |
2006 |
Number of officers for pest management |
15 |
Number of regional offices |
2 |
Number of field/provincial/state |
|
Number of field/extension agents for pest management advice |
4 000 |
Number of field/extension agents trained in IPM-FFS facilitation |
250 |
Number of government biocontrol facilities |
3 |
Number of government biopesticide production facilities |
– |
Key Situation and Operation Indicators
Pest Management |
Yes |
No |
Don’t know |
Does
the country have a National IPM Programme? |
x | ||
Does the country
have special IPM extension programmes? |
x | ||
Does the country
have special IPM research programmes? |
x |
Market shares (estimated value, volume or area under control) |
Year: |
Size of chemical pest control market |
|
Size of biopesticides market |
|
Size of biological control agents market |
Not available |
Major pest control requiring crops (requiring most pesticide applications |
1st |
2nd
|
3rd
|
Affected crop |
Chilli | Potato | Bitter gourd |
Name(s) of pest(s) |
Leaf curl, Pod borer, Blight, Anthracnose |
Blight, Aphids, Cutworm, Leaf miner |
Fruit fly, Curling of leaves, Mites, Leaf miner |
Estimated crop loss |
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Affected area |
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Number of pesticide applications or amount of pesticide used |
13 |
16.2 |
12.4 |
Government action taken |
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Cooperation Projects |
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Purpose/Target | Donor | Amount |
Years (start-end) |
REAP-Vegetable IPM |
FAO |
SL Rs.1 000 000 |
1984-2003 |
Purpose/Target of government follow-up programmes |
Amount |
Years (start-end) |
|
Pest Management Extension |
2006 |
Number of farmers trained in IPM during the year |
4 000 |
Number of IPM-FFS conducted during the year |
200 |
Number of farmers trained in GAP standards during the year |
30 |
Area under IPM/low pesticide management [ha] |
Not available |
Crops
in which successful IPM Programmes are implemented: |
|
Area under organic/pesticide-free management [ha] |
|
Crops grown organic/pesticide-free: Tea, Fruits, most of vegetables |
Progress and Constraints
Main Progress in Recent Years (legislation, policies, infrastructure, investments, training, etc.) |
Training
in IPM has been increased |
Main Constraints (personnel, infrastructure, administrative, operational, training, etc.) |
Lack of trained staff and technical knowledge. |
Last updated: December 2006
List of Key Legislation/Regulations/Rules
1989 Control of Pesticides Act. No. 33
1994 Control of Pesticides (Amendment) Act No. 06.
Web source for further information: –
Policies (regarding pesticide management) |
Yes |
No |
Don’t know |
Do you have national
pesticide reduction targets? |
x |
||
Have you ratified the Rotterdam (PIC) Convention? |
x | ||
Have you ratified the Stockholm (POP) Convention? |
x | ||
Have your ratified the Basel Convention? (hazardous wastes) |
x | ||
Have you reported the observance of the Code of Conduct to FAO according to Art. 12 of the Code? |
x |
||
Have you adopted Good Laboratory Practices (GLP)? |
x |
||
Pesticide Registration |
|||
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? |
x | ||
Do you conduct country-specific risk assessments for… |
|||
occupational risks? |
x |
||
consumer risks? |
x |
||
environmental risks? |
x |
||
Have you adopted the Global Harmonized System (GHS) for pesticides hazards evaluation and labeling? |
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 |
|||
Do you have a special tax on pesticides to cover externality costs? |
x |
||
Do you subsidize or provide low-cost pesticides? |
x |
||
Do you subsidize or provide low-cost biopesticides? |
x |
||
Other policies: |
|||
Web source for further information: agridept.gov.lk |
Responsible Organizational Unit (Ministry/Department/Unit) | |
Legislation |
MOA/DOA/SCPPC/ROP |
Registration |
MOA/DOA/SCPPC/ROP |
Licensing of shops |
MOA/DOA/SCPPC/ROP |
Licensing of field professional applicators |
MOA/DOA/SCPPC/ROP |
Enforcement/inspections |
MOA/DOA/SCPPC/ROP |
Testing of pesticide efficacy |
MOA/DOA/SCPPC/ROP and Research Institutes |
Development of pesticide use recommendations |
MOA/DOA/SCPPC/ROP |
Safe use training/extension |
MOA/DOA |
Food residue monitoring |
MOA/DOA, MOH |
Environmental monitoring |
MOA/DOA, MOE, CEA |
Health monitoring |
MOA/DOA, MOH |
Other Stakeholders: |
|
Pesticide Industry Association |
Crop Life Sri Lanka |
Civil Society Organizations (NGO, etc.) |
VIKALPANI Federation; Centre for Environmental Justice |
Infrastructure |
Year: |
Number of registration officers |
28 (total) |
Number of enforcement officers |
380 |
Number of department quality control laboratories |
01 |
Number of quality control laboratory personnel |
02 |
Number of department residue analysis laboratories |
01 |
Number of residue laboratory personnel |
02 |
Key Situation Indicators
Pesticide Trade: 2003 |
Tons |
$ ’000 Value |
|
Imports (Agro-pesticides) |
5 004.16 | 16 855.46 | |
Manufacture (Agro-pesticides) |
417.07 | 2 739.59 | |
Export | |||
Sales(Agro-pesticides) |
6 613.5 | 49 000 | |
Pesticide Use Profile: |
Tons |
$ ’000 Value |
|
Agriculture | |||
– |
Chemical pesticides Insecticides | 35.16% | Not available |
Fungicides | 12.76% | Not available | |
Herbicides | 51.96% | Not available | |
– |
Other (Bio-pesticides) | Not available | Not available |
Veterinary | Not available | Not available | |
Public Health |
Not available | Not available | |
Household | Not available | Not available | |
Other | Not available | Not available | |
TOTAL | 6 513.5 | Not available |
Testing, Quality Control and Effects in the Field |
Yes |
No |
Don’t know |
Do you have significant problems with low-quality pesticides in the market? |
x |
||
Do you have significant problems with pesticide resistance? |
x |
||
Health and Environmental Information |
Yes |
No |
Don’t know |
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 |
Pesticide Disposal |
Yes |
No |
Don’t know |
Do you have services 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 |
Key Operation Indicators
Registration/Regulation/Monitoring |
Year: |
|
a.i.* | Trade Name | |
Number of registered pesticide products |
269 |
1 383 |
Number of registered biopesticides (Abamectrin, BT) |
2 |
3 |
Number of restricted-use pesticides |
70 |
152 |
Number of banned pesticides |
40 |
157 |
Number of licensed outlets |
1 330 |
|
Number of licensed field applicators (Professionals or farmers) |
28 |
|
Number of licensing violations reported during year |
Not available |
|
Number of quality control analyses conducted during year |
356 |
|
Number of food samples analyzed for pesticide residues during year |
180 |
|
Number of samples exceeding MRL |
Not available |
|
Number of environmental samples analyzed for pesticide residues |
130 |
|
* active ingredient |
Cooperation Projects |
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Purpose/Target | Donor | Amount |
Years (start-end) |
Purpose/Target of government follow-up programs |
Amount |
Years (start-end) |
|
Progress and Constraints
Main Progress in Recent Years (legislation, policies, infrastructure, investments, training, etc.) |
Main Constraints (personnel, infrastructure, administrative, operational, training, etc.) |
Last updated: December 2006
Genetically Modified Crops |
|
Name of GMO Crop |
Area under Cultivation [ha] |