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DEPARTMENT OF PLANT PROTECTION
Frequently Asked Questions
1. What are the functions of DPP?
I. REGULATORY
1. Enforcement of Agriculture Pesticide Ordinance 1971.
2. Enforcement of Pakistan Plant Quarantine Act, 1976.
II. EXTENTION
1. Locust Survey and control in Desert Areas in Pakistan and other
Locust affected countries.
2. Crop Pest control by Air.
III. ADVISORY
- Advise Government on all aspects of Plant Protection including
International obligation.
IV. INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION
- International Coordination with FAO, WTO and International
Plant Protection Convention.
2. What is its staff position?
Ans:
Sanctioned Strength Existing Vacant
Officer 135 93 42
Staff 631 489 142
3. What are the divisions of the plant protection?
Ans:
(i) Locust survey and control
(ii) Aerial Pest Control
(iii) Plant Quarantine
(iv) Pesticides Registration including pesticide Lab
4. What are the functions of the Locust Division?
Ans:
FUNCTION OF LOCUST DIVISION
Survey: Vigilant watch on Locust Situation by regular field
survey in the locust breeding areas.
Coordination: 1. Forecast & Warning of locust situation in Pakistan and
neighboring countries through periodical bulletin.
2. Coordination with FAO particularly the countries in
southwest commission about locust situation on locust
invasion countries.
Control: 1. Maintenance ground shock force of Vehicles staff to meet
emergencies.
2. Maintenance well equipped aerial unit for control in
accessible and difficult terrains.
Regular Vigilance
Locust breeding areas of Pakistan have been divided in 3 zones and 5
regions where permanent offices have been established.
5. What are Locust seasons?
Ans:
Winter/Spring Breeding Zone
1. Quetta, Khuzdar, Kharan, Nushki.
2. Turbat, Panjgur, Pasni and Gwadar.
Summer/Monsoon Breeding Zone
1. Karachi, Tharparkar and Lasbela deserts.
2. Sukkur, Nara Desert.
3. Bahawalpur, Cholistan desert, Rahimyar Khan.
Overlapping Breeding Zone
Uthal
6. What is the performance of the locust division?
Ans:
Pakistan remained free from gregarious locust activity throughout the
previous year. However, scattered matured solitary adults population ranging
from 1-50/ ha. were observed in 72 localities of Nara, Cholistan and Tharparkar
deserts in summer / monsoon areas of Balochistan. A maximum population of 50
adults / ha. was observed at Jatmal (2728N-6949E) in Sukkur area on
18-10-2006.
7. How do we control locust?
Ans:
Previously dusting the vegetation in the desert with B.H.C. now safer
pesticides like malathian, Decis, Fenithrothion are sprayed either by ground
application or aerial spray.
8. Are there aircraft with the department?
Ans:
Yes, we have aircraft for aerial spray, afforestration, and aerial survey.
9. What is locust?
Ans:
Locusts are six legged animals that live and breed in desert area. They are
fliers and strong eaters which cause heavy damage to plant wealth in some years.
10. What is the locust situation in the country?
Ans:
It is calm. However, survey is continued.
11. What is the aerial pest control?
Ans:
It is control of pests in orchards, sugar cane, cotton, rice etc in emergency
upon request. The spray by aircraft with special dispersing equipment. Undiluted
pesticides are sprayed.
12. What is the plant quarantine?
Ans:
It is a pest control through exclusion. The foreign pests are disallowed
entry through import of plants and plants product and at the same time allowing
export of pest free agriculture material in order to bring about safe trade to and
check pest sprayed.
13. What are the organizations of plant in county?
Ans:
Plant Quarantine work is done by Plant Quarantine Division in the
Department of Plant Protection, which has the legal authority and management
responsibility. The organizational arrangements are as per Article IV of the
International Plant Protection Convention, 1997. The Head Office is at Karachi
and the quarantine stations are located at the seaports, airports, dry ports and, land
border points for the convenience of traders. These are modestly staffed and
equipped. There are laboratories for support.
14. What is the objective of plant quarantine?
Ans:
The objective is to protect national plant wealth through legislative means
and to facilitate trade of plants and plant products.
15. What is the performance of plant Quarantine in the country?
Ans:
The department had cleared over eight million tons of agricultural
commodities on the export and import side. The material included rice, pulses,
seeds and planting material, jute, vegetables, raw cotton, tobacco, spices,
medicinal herbs etc. and collected revenue of around 40 million rupees.
With the efforts of the department, access to market for our products has
increased. We exported 167,000 ton rice to Kenya, and over 200,000 ton citrus to
Russia, Iran, Afghanistan, UAE etc. China has agreed to import rice, mango and
citrus from us. The agricultural trade of Pakistan is comfortable because of; inter
alia, good performance of this department.
16. What is the pesticide registration?
Ans:
Pesticide are regulated through the Agricultural Pesticide Ordinance 1971
read with the Agricultural Pesticides (Amendment) Act 1992 and 1997 and the
rules framed there under. The responsibility of registration / permission for import
and quality control is vested with the Federal Government and executed though
the Department of Plant Protection.
Pesticides are registered under the trade name (Form-1) after efficacy
evaluation trials of two crop seasons by at least two agencies; under generic name
(Form-16) after laboratory analysis of the registration samples and permitted for
import under trade name (Form-1) on proof of their being registered in the
country of manufacture and used in any member country of OECD or China.
The registration position of pesticides is given as under:
Form - 1 = 337
Form - 16 (Generic) = 2455
Form - 17 (Registered Abroad) = 647
Total: = 3439
17. What is the fast track registration system?
Ans:
In order to facilitate the registrants / importers, Department of Plant
Protection, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock has started the Fast Track
Registration of Agriculture Pesticide. This system is for products already
registered on Form-16. Presently, there are 34 pesticides identified from different
sources for registration without undergoing laboratory analysis. This has cut the
time period required for registration.
18. What is pre Shipment inspection?
Ans:
In order to facilitate the quality of pesticides the Department of Plant
Protection, Ministry of Food, Agriculture & Livestock has started the Pre-
Shipment Inspection of agricultural Pesticides. The main objective of Pre-
Shipment Inspection is to ensure the quality of pesticides as per provision of
Agricultural Pesticides Ordinance 1971 as amended from time to time and rules
framed there under.
19. What is performance of Federal Pesticide Lab?
Ans:
This is for determining the pesticide quality. Each year around eight
hundred sample for pesticide product (including technical grade material are
analyzed for quality)(inconsistency of ingridiance, impiorities, physical state etc)
the sample may be from import consignment and reference samples from the
pesticide inspectors and foreign manufacturers.
20. Does the department register filling, repacking, formulation and
manufacturing plants?
Ans: Yes
21. Are there development projects?
Ans:
Yes, as follows:
i. Commissioning of Vapour Heat Treatment (VHT) Plant
ii. Operationalization/Commissioning of Plant Quarantine Laboratory
iii. Establishment of Post Entry Quarantine Station at Port Qasim
iv. Pesticides Quality Control and Research Laboratory in Balochistan
v. Accreditation of Quarantine Facilities and training of Staff of CPQL, DPP
vi. Construction of Sukkur outpost for desert locus survey and control work
vii. Construction of Pasni outpost for desert locus survey and control work
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