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Large international cooperation programmes were implemented on rice, cotton and vegetable
IPM. So far, more than 20 TOTs and 30 000 FFSs in rice have been carried out, and a total of more
than 600 facilitators and 100 000 farmers were trained in rice in Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan, Henan,
Anhui, Zhejiang, Guangdong Provinces. Eight ToFs and 1 061 FFSs in cotton were held in Shandong,
Anhui, Hubei, Sichuan and Henan Provinces in 2000 and 2004, also 245 government, 197 farmer
facilitators and over 30 000 cotton farmers were trained. In addition, there were four more projects
related to IPM: evaluation of Bt cotton supported by China, UK and CAB International, the cotton
bollworm control in small scale farming system by EC and ICAC, monitoring migratory rice pest
by Sino-South Korea, and control of migratory locusts by Sino-Kazakhstan.
3.5 The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
The state policy requirements of the plant protection organization of DPR Korea has been to
establish regular systems, rules and order in boundary inspection, quarantine, to overcome
departmentalism, to ensure unity in activities of the interrelated bodies and to streamline the frontier
regulations to enable rapid clearance at border points.
There have been some advantages from the merging of boundary inspection. Considerable
material, financial and personnel reserves have been obtained through management of the newly
merged service. In addition, there is coordination of plans and activities secured to overcome and
correct abnormalities by departmentalism and irresponsibility.
One of the problems encountered has been the difficulties in sustaining administrative and
technical activity as required by international standards and recommendations. Meanwhile, there is
also a shortage of expertise in maintaining regular systems and rules for command, and control
over the implementation of supplementary measures.
DPR Korea cultivates selected high-yielding crops every year. The outbreaks of major pests
differ in intensity and time.
A series of measures to improve and strengthen IPM have been implemented:
i. Training and technology education have been set up for integrated management of pests.
ii. Preliminary surveys and early warning systems have been established as a part of pest
control strategy.
iii. An IPM biological control method has been applied, but has not been increased.
iv. The introduction of “right crop on right soil” and “right crop on right period” has produced
useful yield increases.
There have been no changes in the National Plant Protection Organization or its laws. However,
an additional proposal on the international and regional standards was submitted. Basic data for
drawing a distribution map of non-phytosanitary pest free areas will be published in one to two
years. There were also suggestions to supply information collected for one to two years copied on
CD to member countries. There was a lack of urgency to increase the phytosanitary capacity, and
lack of opportunities for training.
The standards pesticide applied in DPR Korea promulgated in regulations on pesticide control
issued as Administration Council Directive No. 78 on 12 May 1992. Over recent years, there has
been increased attention on the production and introduction of biological and botanical pesticides.
DPR Korea proposes to adopt detailed procedures and methods through the “International
Code of Conduct” in supplying and using pesticides, standardize the specifications of trade marks
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