Our Vision
“To be a premier National Institution for Excellence in Integrated Pest Management”
Our Mission
- 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.
Our Mandates
- 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.
Our Function
- Information management (surveillance & pest database) and Pest Risk Analysis (PRA)
- Research and Development (R&D) in entomology, pathology, weed science, plant protection products, vertebrate pests)
- Diagnostic activities: Identity of Insect pest/Disease pathogen/Weeds
- Laboratory and advisory services
- Education and Awareness activities
- Regional & International coordination and collaborative activities
Brief Background
- Diagnostics which is done through the National Plant Health Referral Laboratory; and
- The Plant Health Management Program or the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Program that generates IPM technology through R&D and provides the plant protection services.
For catering towards the national referral mandates, the NPPC has six technical program
- Plant Pathology Program – responsible for activities related to plant disease management;
- Entomology Program – responsible for activities related to insect pest management;
- Weed Management Program: responsible for activities related to weed management
- Vertebrate Pest Management program: responsible for activities related to vertebrate pest management.
- Plant Protection Product Program – responsible for activities related to pp product management, that includes pesticides;
- Pest Surveillance Program – responsible for activities related to pest information systems; and
- Laboratory Program – responsible for activities related to pest diagnostics.
- Pest Forecasting Services – Pre-warning and education on the epidemics
- Early warning Services – Informed Options for decision making
- Pest Information Services – For all clients (traders, investors, researchers, students, and so on)
- Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) – Export/Import and FDI investors
- Diagnostics Services – for all clients
- R&D – Pest Management Technology services
- Field Visits & Advisory – Back up, verification and validation
- Training & Education – Capacity building and updating on technologies
- Plant Protection Product Input management – Judicious use, Human health, and environment concerns
History of 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 PP inspectors with assistance from IPMDP – EU Project (1993-2000) which was dissolved in 2002. Since then , the centre is functioning as the pioneer institution in the country with the mandate of functioning as a National Referral & Coordinating centre for all PP activities which includes information management (surveillance & pest database) and Pest Risk Analysis (PRA), research and Development (entomology, pathology, weed science, plant protection products, vertebrate pests), laboratory and advisory services and regional & international coordination and collaborative activities.
The Centre as the Apex institution in National PP Program oversees the PP program in the country thus providing direction and guidance to the PP Program in the country, function as a national referral & coordinating agency for all PP activities, be the repository centre of pest and plant protection products information and be the authority to review, update and recommend appropriate plant protection products.
The Centre also develops & strengthens the Components of the PP Program framework for generating PP technologies for delivering effective PP services and enhance the delivery of PP Services.
