About NPPC
Plant protection services started since 1961 as the Plant Protection (PP) unit under the Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Forest with the role of providing PP services and distribution of chemicals. Institution of Plant Protection Program at Semtokha started with the onset of the EEC PP Project (1984-2000) that helped in organizing PP input procurement and supply system.
Regional Plant Protection Centres and Dzongkhag PP stores were established with
“To be a premier National Institution for Excellence in Integrated Pest Management”
- To generate pest management technologies that are safe for human health and the environment.
- To disseminate pest management technologies for effective adoption by farmers.
- To reduce or maintain crop losses to pest organisms at an economically acceptable level.
- To provide quality plant protection (PP) services (i.e. pest information, diagnostics, R&D and PP input services).
- To be the coordinating and referral agency for all PP activities in the country, including R&D, diagnostics, pest surveillance, and PP inputs.
- To develop pest management technologies which are economically and ecologically sound.
- To be the national repository Centre for all information regarding pest organisms.
- To be Centre for liaisoning all PP activities for both in-country and international agencies/organizations/institutions.
- To act as a focal agency for any national plans and policies regarding any PP activities and regulatory issues.
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Safe and Efficient Use of Pesticides in Bhutan
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