Department of Plant Protection (DPP)

The Department of Plant Protection (DPP) is a department of the Ministry of National Food Security and Research and this department was established in 1977. It offers courses and research methods for the control of major pests. It works under the following pieces of legislation and regulation of the Government of Pakistan: (i) Plant Quarantine Act 1976 (ii) Agricultural Pesticide Rules and (iii) Agricultural Pesticide Ordinance