Ministerial Decree No. 148 validating the Regulation on the National Plant Protection and Agrochemistry Service. Country/Territory Uzbekistan Document type Regulation Date 2004 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Institution Plant protection Pests/diseases Weeds Crops/grasses Geographical area Aral Sea, Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Abstract This Ministerial Decree, in order to protect agricultural crops against pests and diseases and to strengthen plant protection measures, establishes the National Plant Protection and Agrochemistry Service and charges it with: (a) implementing technical policies on chemical and biological means of protecting crops against pests, diseases, weeds and locusts; (b) studying and forecasting the propagation of pests, diseases and weeds; (c) agrochemical servicing of agriculture on a contractual basis; and (d) taking measures to exterminate dangerous agricultural pests. Full text Russian Website pravo.uz