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Tropical Pesticides Research Institute Act, 1979 (No. 18 of 1979).

Country/Territory
United Republic of Tanzania
Document type
Legislation
Date
1979
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Official publication 1979, pp. 225-245.
Long title
An Act to establish the Tropical Pesticides Research Institute in Tanzania, to provide for research and pesticides control and to define the functions of the institute.
Subject
Cultivated plants
Keyword
Plant protection Research Pesticides
Geographical area
Africa, Eastern Africa, Least Developed Countries
Abstract

The Institute takes the form of a body corporate (sect. 3). The institute shall carry out and promote research in the field of pesticides application in the fields, inter alia, of: agricultural entomology, plant pathology, birds pests, rodents, tsetse and mosquito entomology, malacology, ticks, pesticides toxicology, botany and environmental pollution. A Plant Quarantine Station and a National Herbarium shall be established by the Institute. The control and management of the East African Tropical Pesticide Research Institute and the East African Pesticides Control Organization shall be vested in the new Institute.

Full text
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References - Legislation

Implemented by

Pesticides Control Regulations, 1984.

Legislation | United Republic of Tanzania | 1984

Keyword: Plant protection, Pesticides, Inspection, Packaging/labelling

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repealed by

Plant Health Act, 2020, No. 4 of 2020

Legislation | United Republic of Tanzania | 2020

Keyword: Basic legislation, Plant protection, Pesticides, Biological control agents, Fertilizers/nutrients, Institution, Internal trade, International trade, Pests/diseases, Crops/grasses, Authorization/permit, Inspection, Research, Biodiversity, Protection of environment, Plant production

Source: FAO, FAOLEX