55 other government units; installation of post-registration monitoring system; Lao PDR Promotion of better collaboration between importers and regulators by training measures; Translation of the Guidelines into Lao language; raising public awareness; increasing research activities including field trials; specific training courses for government officials and farmers; Malaysia Make changes to the current regulation; inform and discuss with the pesticide board and private companies; develop training for dossier evaluation; Raising public awareness; implementing field studies; targeting extension officers and farmers; collaboration with other AMS (e.g. Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia) Myanmar12 Discuss the Guidelines with the Pesticide Registration Board and the private sector. Guidelines require approval by DOA. Translation of Guidelines to Myanmar language; raising public awareness; implementing research trials; conducting training courses for extension staff of DOA, the private sector and farmers; Philippines Discussing the ASEAN Guidelines within DOA-attached agencies (Bureau of Plant Industry, Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Standards and the Fertilizer and Pesticides Authority) and the DENR – Biodiversity Management Bureau; collaboration with the technical boards of companies; potential tax exemption for BCA; Inform relevant government departments; develop business models for distribution (e.g. onion farmers and BCA producers); develop promotional material for different target groups; Thailand Inform BCA producers and the public; training for government officers and the private sector; Translate the Guidelines into Thai; distribute and discuss the Guidelines with relevant institutions (recommendations to be submitted to ministerial level); produce short versions of the Guidelines for different target groups; Vietnam Include guidance into legislation; targeting government institutes and the private sector; potential formation of a BCA association; Training of government and sellers (producers, distributors), the latter forming the link to the farmers; 12The proposals by experts from Myanmar were presented on the occasion of the 5th EWG meeting on 12 March 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Implementing Biological Control Agents in the ASEAN Region
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