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Governmental Decree No. 73 validating the Regulation on the Department of organic agriculture subordinated to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Industry and Land Reclamation of Kyrgyz Republic.

Country/Territory
Kyrgyzstan
Document type
Regulation
Date
2019
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Agricultural & rural development
Keyword
Institution Policy/planning Ecological production/organic production Biotechnology Certification Agricultural commodities Research Transport/storage Agricultural land International trade
Geographical area
Asia, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia
Entry into force notes
This Decree enters into force 15 days after the date of its official publication.
Abstract

This Governmental Decree establishes that Department of organic agriculture subordinated to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Industry and Land Reclamation of Kyrgyz Republic shall be authorized state institution promoting organic agriculture with a view of increasing ecological production of agricultural commodities and promoting introduction of advanced technologies in the field of organic agriculture in Kyrgyz Republic. The scope of the Department shall be to increase export of organic agricultural production. The objectives of the Department shall be implementation of state policy in the field of organic agriculture and performance of interdepartmental coordination in the field of agricultural production. The Department shall perform the following functions: (a) establishment, jointly with scientific research institutions, of priority directions of scientific research in the field of organic agriculture and agricultural biotechnologies; (b) development of innovative agricultural biotechnologies for organic agriculture; (c) elaboration of national standards for organic agriculture; (d) elaboration of certification system for organic agriculture; (e) development and application of biofertilizers; (f) development of rules and regulations for packaging, labelling, import and export of organic agricultural commodities; and (g) registration of organic agricultural land and producers of organic agricultural commodities.

Full text
Russian
Website
cbd.minjust.gov.kg