Plant Quarantine Services Institute

INTRODUCTION
Plant Quarantine Services Institute falls under the Research Services Department (RSD), Agricultural Research, Innovation and Development Directorate (ARIDD) in the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement. Plant Quarantine Services Institute (PQSI) was established in 2009. From 2008 and beyond, the function of the quarantine and phytosanitary services were done as a section of the Plant Protection Research Institute. In August 2019, the PQSI was merged with the Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI) to form the Plant Quarantine and Plant Protection Services Institute which was later de-merged to have two separate PQSI and PPRI in July 2020. Below are some of the main functions of the institute.Read More on PQSI