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The Plant Protection
and Quarantine Services Commodity Group comprise four Commodity Teams:
The group is coordinated from Bvumbwe and conducts research on the
control of pests and diseases for all crops. It focuses on field pests
and diseases; migratory pests; release of biological control agents;
evaluations of chemicals for the control of pests and diseases; crop
storage, and weed control. The group also offers extensive services
on quarantine and inspection of agricultural imports and exports at
all border points; pest and disease identification; and control of
migratory pests.
The commodity group has introduced another commodity team to deal
with pesticide registration and control schemes with its own board,
the Pesticides Control Board (PCB). This board will eventually be
detached from the ministry to be semi-autonomous body.
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