WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/GEN/125
2 July 1999
(99-2737)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
NATIONAL NOTIFICATION AUTHORITY
Note by the Secretariat
The present document contains a list of names, addresses, telephone and telefax numbers of
the national notification authority foreseen in Paragraph 10 of Annex B of the Agreement, assubmitted to the Secretariat as of 30 June 1999.
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Antigua and Barbuda
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Trade
P.O. Box 1550Redcliffe Street
St. John's
Telephone: + (809) 462 16 26/28
462 15 42
Telefax: + (809) 462 16 25
Argentina
Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería y Pesca y Alimentación
Dirección Nacional de Mercados AgroalimentariosPaseo Colón 922, Oficina 40
1063 Buenos Aires
Telephone: + (541) 349 22 42/349 22 43
Telefax: + (541) 349 22 44G/SPS/GEN/125
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Australia
Policy and International Division
Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service
GPO Box 858Canberra ACT 2601
Telephone: + (612) 6272 4146
Telefax: + (612) 6272 3678
E-mail/Internet: sps.contact@aqis.gov.au
Website:  http://www.aqis.gov.au
Belize
The Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Agriculture
Belmopan
Belize
Telephone: + (5018) 22 330
Telefax: + (5018) 22 409
Bolivia
Dirección Nacional de Producción y Protección Agrícola
Av. Camacho nÿ 1471, Piso 5
La Paz
Telephone: + (5912) 37 42 68/37 42 70
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Telefax: + (5912) 35 75 35
Botswana
The Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Agriculture
Private Bag 003
Gaborone
Telephone: + (267) 350 500
Telefax: + (267) 356 027G/SPS/GEN/125
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Brazil
Secretaria de Defesa Agropecuária (SDA)
Ministério da Agricultura e da Reforma Agrária (MAARA)
Esplanada dos MinistériosBloco "B", anexo "B", sala 406
Brasília - DF - 70.170
Telephone: + (5561) 218 23 14/218 23 15
Telefax: + (5561) 224 39 95
Brunei Darussalam
International Relations and Trade and Development Division
Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources
Telephone: + (6732) 38 28 22
Telefax: + (6732) 38 28 46/38 38 11
Bulgaria
For measures in the field of animal or plant health:
Ms. Kristina Guirguinova
Ms. Verginia Mintcheva
Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Land Reform55 "Hristo Botev" Blvd.
1040-Sofia
Telephone: + (3592) 980 38 92
Telefax: + (3592) 510 785
For measures in the field of human health:
Dr. Michael Popov
Ministry of Health
5 "Sveta Nedelya" Square
1000 Sofia
Telephone: + (359 2) 981 57 25
Telefax: + (359 2) 883 413G/SPS/GEN/125
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Canada
Foreign Affairs and International Trade
  (Technical Barriers and Regulations)
125 Sussex DriveOttawa, Ontario
K1A 0G2
Telephone: + (1613) 992 16 17
Telefax: + (1613) 943 03 46
Chile
Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero (SAG)
Avenida Bulnes 140
Santiago
Telephone: + (562) 672 36 35/698 22 44/698 25 41
Telefax: + (562) 671 74 19
E-mail/Internet: rrii@sag.minagri.gob.cl
Colombia
Ministerio de Desarrollo Económico
División de Normalización y CalidadCarrera 13 No. 28-01, Piso 8
Santafé de Bogotá
Telephone: + (571) 338 06 41
Telefax: + (571) 245 72 56
Costa Rica
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería
Dirección de Protección Agropecuaria
Apartado 10094-1000San José
Telephone: + (506) 231 19 39/231 76 73/231 50 55
Telefax: + (506) 231 50 04G/SPS/GEN/125
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Cuba
Ministerio del Comercio Exterior
Dirección de Organismos Internacionales
Calle Infanta No. 16 7mo. PisoVedado
Ciudad de la Habana
Telephone: + (537) 74 22 05/74 22 07/74 22 08
Telefax: + (537) 33 34 82
Cyprus
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Agriculture
Natural Resources and EnvironmentCY 1411 Nicosia
Telephone: + (357) 230 22 47
Telefax: + (357) 244 51 56
Czech Republic
Ing. Miluška Vrlová
DirectorDepartment of International Trade Cooperation - 4010
Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic
Těšnov 17
117 05 Praha 1
Telephone: + (4202) 218 124 48
Telefax: + (4202) 248 106 52E-mail/Internet: kantorova@mze.cz
Dominica
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Marketing
Government Headquarters
Kennedy Avenue
Roseau
Telephone: + (767) 448 2401 Ext 3213
Telefax: + (767) 448 6103/5200G/SPS/GEN/125
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Dominican Republic
Secretaría de Estado de Agricultura
Km. 61/2, Autopista Duarte
Urbanización Jardines del NorteSanto Domingo
Telephone: + (809) 547  38 88
Telefax: + (809) 227 12 68
Ecuador
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería
Avenida Amazonas y Avenida Eloy Alfaro (esquina)
Quito
Telephone: + (5932) 504 433/526 302/
 550 502
Telefax: + (5932) 500 873
Egypt
Ministry of Agriculture
Department of Economic Affairs
7 Nady El-Said Street
Dokki
Telephone: + (202) 337 48 73
Telefax: + (202) 337 48 73
E-mail/Internet: Capi@idsc.gov.eg
El Salvador
Ministerio de Economía
Dirección de Política Exterior
Edificio C #2 3a Planta
Plan Maestro, Calle Guadalupe y Alameda Juan Pablo II
Centro de GobiernoSan Salvador, C.A.
Telephone: + (503) 221 3583/281 0541/281 1122 
extensiones 2323 y 2336
Telefax: + (503) 221 4771E-mail/Internet: policom@sal.gbm.netG/SPS/GEN/125
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European Communities
European Commission
Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development
Directorate VI/H130 rue de la Loi
Brussels 1049
Telephone: + (322) 296 16 51
Telefax: + (322) 295 24 16
Fiji
The Permanent Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries, Forests and ALTA
Private Mail Bag
RaiwaqaSuva
Telephone: + (679) 384 233
Telefax: + (679) 385 048
Grenada
Mr. Paul Graham
Agricultural OfficerPest Management Unit
Botanical Gardens
St George's
Telephone: +(1 473) 440 00 19
Telefax: +(1 472) 440 88 66
E-mail address: PMU@Caribsurf.com
Guatemala
Ministerio de Economía
Dirección de Asuntos Comerciales Multilaterales8a Avenida 10-43 Zona 1
Guatemala ciudad
Guyana
Food safety standards and policy:
Director
Bureau of Standards
Sophia Exhibition Complex – Flat 15Sophia, Georgetown
Telephone: + (592 2) 59 041/56 226
Telefax: + (592 2) 57 455G/SPS/GEN/125
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Plant protection and livestock health:
Chief Crops and Livestock Officer
Ministry of Agriculture
Regent and Vlissengen RoadsGeorgetown
Telephone: + (592 2) 56 281
Telefax: + (592 2) 56 281
Haiti
Ministère du Commerce et de l'Industrie
Champ-de-Mars
Port-au-Prince
Telephone: + (509) 22 44 42/22 24 99/22 21 25
Telefax: + (509) 23 84 02
Honduras
Secretaía de Estado en el Despacho de Industria y Comercio
Dirección General de Integración y Política Comercial
Edificio Larach, 10° piso
Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.
Telephone: + (504) 222 60 55/222 18 19/238 20 33
Telefax: + (504) 238 13 36
Hong Kong, China
Trade Department
Hong Kong Government
19/F, Trade Department Tower
700 Nathan Road
Hong Kong
Telephone: + (852) 2398 5398
Telefax: + (852) 2789 2491
Hungary
Ministry of Agriculture
Department for International Economic Affairs
1055 Budapest, Kossuth Lajos tér 11.
Telephone: + (361) 131 35 78
Telefax: + (361) 132 67 96G/SPS/GEN/125
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Iceland
Ministry of Agriculture
Solvholsgata 7
150 Reykjavik
Telephone: + (354) 560 97 50
Telefax: + (354) 552 11 60
India
Trade Policy Division
Ministry of Commerce
Udhyog Bhavan
Maulana Azad Road
New Delhi - 11 00 11
Telephone: + (9111) 301 46 60/301 36 23
Telefax: + (9111) 301 35 83
Indonesia
Centre for Standardization and Accreditation
Agency for Agribusiness
Ministry of AgricultureJl. Harsono RM no. 3, Ragunan
Jakarta 12550
Telephone: + (6221) 780 43 67
Telefax: + (6221) 780 43 67
Israel
Mr. Eldad Landshut
Director
Plant Protection and Inspection ServicesMinistry of Agriculture
P.O. Box 78
Beit Dagan 50250
Telephone: + (972 3) 968 1500
Telefax: + (972 3) 968 1507
E-mail/Internet: ppis@netvision.net.ilG/SPS/GEN/125
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Jamaica
Chief Plant Quarantine/Produce Inspector
Ministry of Agriculture
Hope GardensKingston 6
Telephone: + (1809) 927 35 14
Telefax: + (1809) 927 17 01/927 19 04
Japan
Standards Information Service
First International Organizations Division
Economic Affairs Bureau
Ministry of Foreign Affairs2-2-1
Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo
Telephone: + (813) 3580 3311
Telefax: + (813) 3503 3136
Kenya
Mr. Lawrence Maina Ndeeri
Director
Department of External Trade
Ministryof Commerce and Industry
P.O. Box 43137
Nairobi
Telephone: + (2542) 33 35 55
Telefax: + (2542) 22 60 36
E-mail/Internet: T. B. A.
Korea
Multilateral Trade Organizations Division
International Trade Bureau
Ministry of Foreign AffairsUnified Government Building
77-6 Sejong-ro, Chongro-ku
Seoul
Telephone: + (822) 720 21 88/739 91 42
Telefax: + (822) 738 97 26
E-mail/Internet: trade9@www.dacom.co.krG/SPS/GEN/125
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Kyrgyz Republic
Ministry of Commerce
Latvia
WTO Information Division
Department of Quality Manageme nt and Structure Development
Ministry of Economy
55 Brivibas Street
Riga LV-1519
Telephone: + (371) 7 01 31 97/7 01 32 36
Fax: + (371) 7 28 08 82
Liechtenstein
Office for Foreign Affairs
Heiligkreuz 149490 Vaduz
Telephone: + (4175) 236 60 52
Telefax: + (4175) 236 60 59
Macau
"Leal Senado"
Avenida Almeida Ribeiro
Edificio Leal Senado
Telephone: + (853) 38 73 33/38 39 93
Telefax: + (853) 34 18 90
Madagascar
Eugène Rakotobe Rabehevitra
Directeur de la Protection des Végétaux
Ministère de l'Agriculture - 101 AntananarivoMadagascar
Telephone: +(2612) 416 13/416 14
Telefax: +(2612) 225 08G/SPS/GEN/125
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Malawi
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Attn:  The Director of Commerce
P.O. Box 30366Lilongwe 3
Telephone: + (265) 78 02 44
Telefax: + (265) 78 06 80
Malaysia
Secretary General
Ministry of Agriculture
Macro and Strategic Planning Division
Wisma TaniJalan Sultan Salahuddin
50624 Kuala Lumpur
Telephone: + (603) 298 69 68
Telefax: + (603) 291 56 42Website: http://agrolink.moa.my/
Malta
The Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries
Barriera Wharf
Valletta
Telephone: + (356) 22 52 36
Telefax: + (356) 23 12 94
Mauritius
Plant Quarantine Services
Agricultural Services
Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Réduit
Telephone: + (230) 464 48 74
Telefax: + (230) 464 87 89G/SPS/GEN/125
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Mexico
Centro de Información de la Dirección General de Normas
SECOFI
Avenida Puente de Tecamachalco nÿ 6Col. Lomas de Tecamachalco
Naucalpan, 53950 Edo. de México
Telephone: + (525) 729 94 85
Telefax: + (525) 729 94 84
Mongolia
Ms. Saran, Mr. Bayarsaikhan (Responsible for WTO SPS notification)
State Agricultural Inspection Agency
Peace Avenue 16Ulaanbaatar 49
Telephone: +(976-1) 45 77 85/45 88 43
Telefax: +(976-1) 45 47 42
Morocco
Ministère du Commerce Extérieur
63 avenue Moulay Youssef
B.P. 610
Rabat - Chellah
Telephone: + (212-07) 70 33 63/70 63 06/70 63 89/
     70 63 21
Telefax: + (212-07) 70 37 01
Myanmar
Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA)
Ministry of National Planning and Economic Development
653-691 Merchant Street
Yangon
Telephone: + (951) 822 07/720 52/752 29
Telefax: + (951) 82 101G/SPS/GEN/125
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Namibia
Mr. J.A. Faul
Directorate of Planning
Private Bag 13184Ministry of Agriculture, Water & Rural Development
Windhoek
Telephone: + (264 61) 208 77 10
Telefax: + (264 61) 208 7767
E-mail/Internet: divplan@iafrica.com
New Zealand
Andrew Matheson
Regulatory AuthorityMinistry of Agriculture and Forestry
ASB Bank House
101 The Terrace
P.O. Box 2526
Wellington
Telephone: + (64) 4 474 41 00
Telefax: + (64) 4 474 41 33
E-mail/Internet: sps@maf.govt.nz
Nicaragua
Ing. Danilo Cortés
Dirección General de Sanidad Vegetal y Animal
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería
Kilometro 8 1/2, Carretera a MasayaManagua
Telephone: + (5052) 783 412
Telefax: + (5052) 785 864
Norway
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
WTO SectionPost box 8114 Dep.
0032 Oslo
Telephone: +(47) 22 24 36 00
Telefax: +(47) 22 24 95 80G/SPS/GEN/125
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Pakistan
Joint Secretary (Administration)
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock
Government of PakistanB-Block, Pakistan Secretariat
Islamabad
Telephone: + (9251) 210 351
Telefax: + (9251) 922 1246
Panama
Consejo de Comercio Exterior de la Presidencia de la República de Panamá
Avenida Balboa
Edificio Bay Mall, Piso No. 3, Oficina 312Apartado postal:  378, Zona 3, Panamá
Telephone: + (507) 265 17 60/17 61/17 62/17 63
Telefax: + (507) 265 17 59
E-mail/Internet: econcex@sinfo.net
juconcex@sinfo.net
Papua New Guinea
The Secretary
Department of Trade and Industry
Heduru Haus
Free Mail Bag
Waigani
National Capital District
Port Moresby
Telephone: + (675) 325 5426/325 4829/
325 5311/325 6699
Telefax: + (675) 325 4482
Paraguay
In the field of animal health
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería
Subsecretaría de Estado de Ganadería
Calle ciencias Veterinarias y 1o
San Lorenzo
Telephone: +(59521) 58 224/585 131
Telefax: +(59521) 585 212G/SPS/GEN/125
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In the field of plant health
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería
Direccíon de Defensa Vegetal
Ruta Mariscal Estigarribia - Km. 11
San Lorenzo
Telephone: +(59521) 214 858/570 513
Telefax: +(59521) 570 513
Peru
In the field of human health :
National Health Institute (INS)
Head:  Dr. Carlos Carrillo
Tizón y Bueno 268, Jesús María
Lima 21
Telephone: + (51-1) 463 38 33/460 0310/460 0316/
 471 3254
Telefax: + (51-1) 463 9617
Functions: To promote, plan, implement and evaluate research on health and the development of
appropriate technologies in the field of contagious disease control, environmental sanitation and
nutrition;  as well as the production, registration and quality control of reagents, diagnostic inputs,
medicinal products and organic health foods.  It administers the public laboratories of national
standing and supports those of regional standing.  It also prepares standards within its area of
jurisdiction and proposes policies and standards, within its area of jurisdiction, to the Higher
Directorate of the Ministry of Health, for implementation at national level.
In the field of agrarian health:
National Agrarian Health Service (SENASA)
Head:  Dr. Elsa Corbonell Torres
Psje Francisco de Zela s/n, piso 10
Lima 21
Telefax: + (51-1) 433 8048/433 7802
Functions: To develop and promote private sector participation in the implementation of plans
and programmes for the prevention, control and eradication of pests and diseases which have a
significant socio-economic impact on agricultural activity.  At the same time, it is the bodyresponsible for the sanitary protection of national agriculture.  It has the task of proposing standards of
national and regional scope to the Minister of Agriculture, in connection with monitoring, inspection,
registration, control, supervision and sanitary assessment activities in the agricultural field.  It also
establishes sanitary rules for the import, export, marketing and internal transit of animals, plants and
agricultural products and inputs.G/SPS/GEN/125
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Philippines
Policy Analysis Service
Department of Agriculture
Elliptical Road, DilimanQuezon City
Telephone: (632) 920 40 84/929 82 47
Telefax: (632) 928 08 50
E-mail/Internet: policy@skyinet.net
Poland
Ministry of Agriculture and Food Economy
Veterinary Department
ul. Wspólna 3000-930 Warszawa
Telephone: + (4822) 628 85 11
Telefax: + (4822) 623 14 08
Romania
Agence Nationale Sanitaire-Vétérinaire
Ministère de l'Agriculture et de l'Alimentation24 Boulevard Carol I
Sector 3, Code postal 7003
Bucarest
Telephone: + (401) 615 78 75
Telefax: + (401) 312 49 67
Saint Lucia
Ministry of Trade and Industry
Government BuildingsBlock B, Castries Waterfront
Castries
Telephone: + (758) 452 2627
Telefax: + (758) 453 7347G/SPS/GEN/125
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Senegal
Direction de la Protection des Végetaux
Km 15, Route de Rufisque
B.P. 20052Thiaroye
Dakar
Telephone: +(221) 34 03 97
Telefax: +(221) 34 28 54
Singapore
Singapore Trade Development Board
230 Victoria Street, 10th Floor
Bugis Junction Office TowerSingapore
Telephone: +(65) 337 66 28
Telefax: +(65) 337 68 98/337 68 38
Slovak Republic
Slovak Institute for Standardization
Information Centre WTOKarloveská 63
84245 Bratislava
Telephone: + (427) 49 68 47/49 80 30
Telefax: + (427) 49 78 86
Slovenia
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Parmova 33
1000 Ljubljana
Telephone: + (38661) 322 197/323 643
Telefax: + (38661) 313 631
South Africa
The Director of Marketing
Department of Agriculture
Private Bag X791
Pretoria
0001
Telephone: + (2712) 319 65 18
Telefax: + (2712) 326 34 54G/SPS/GEN/125
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Sri Lanka
Director
Department of Animal  Productions and Health
GetambePeradeniya
Telephone: + (948) 884 62/63
Telefax: + (948) 881 95
Swaziland
Mr. N.M. Nkambule
Principal Secretary
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
P.O. Box 162Mbabane
Telephone: + (268) 404 6361/404 2746
Telefax: + (268) 404 4700
Switzerland
Office fédéral des affaires économiques extérieures
3003 Berne
Telephone: + (4131) 324 07 82
Telefax: + (4131) 324 09 59
Chinese Taipei
Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine
Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan
9F, 51 Sec.2, Chung Ching South Road
Taipei, Taiwan 100
Telephone: + (886) 2 2343 1401
Telefax: + (886) 2 2343 1400
Thailand
Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI)
Ministry of Industry
Rama VI Street, Bangkok  10400
Telephone: + (662) 202 34 01/202 35 07/202 35 10
Telefax: + (662) 247 87 41G/SPS/GEN/125
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Trinidad and Tobago
Permanent Secretary
Mr. Winston Connell
Ministry of Trade and IndustryLevel 12, Riverside Plaza
Besson Street
Port of Spain
Telephone: + (1809) 627 8451
Telefax: + (1809) 627 8488
Tunisia
Ministère du Commerce
Direction de la Coopération économique  et commerciale
Rue Khereddine Pacha
Tunis
Telephone: + (2161) 78 56 34
Telefax: + (2161) 78 27 42
Turkey
Mr. Yusuf Salcan
Tarim ve Köyisleri Bakanligi
Koruma ve Kontrol Genel Müdürlügü
Akay Cad. No. 3
Ankara
Telephone: + (90312) 418 14 68
Telefax: + (90312) 418 80 05
Uganda
The Ministry of Trade and Industry
Directorate of Foreign Trade
Farmers House, Parliament Avenue
P.O. Box 7103
Kampala
Telephone: + (256 41) 254091/2
+ (256 41) 243947
Telefax: + (256 41) 251578G/SPS/GEN/125
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United States
USDA/FAS/FSTSD
Attn:  Carolyn F. Wilson
Stop 1027Room 5545 South Agriculture Building
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250
Telephone: + (202) 720 22 39
Telefax: + (202) 690 06 77
Email/Internet:   wilsonc@fas.usda.gov
Uruguay
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
Dirección General para Asuntos Económicos Internacionales
Avenida 18 de julio 1205
Montevideo
Telephone: + (5982) 92 06 18
Telefax: + (5982) 91 74 13
E-mail/Internet: dioe42@mrree.gub.uy
Venezuela
Ministerio de Agricultura y Cría
Servicio Autonomo de Sanidad Agropecuaria
Parque Central, Torre Este
Caracas 1010
Telephone: + (582) 509 03 77/509 05 96
Telefax: + (582) 509 03 76
Zambia
Mr. Oliver Sikufweba
Director (Trade)
Ministry of Commerce, Trade & Industry
PO Box 31968
Lusaka
Telephone: +(260-1) 22 14 75
Telefax: +(260-1) 22 66 73G/SPS/GEN/125
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Zimbabwe
Dr. S. Z. Sithole
Department of Research and Specialist Services
Ministry of Lands and AgricultureBox CY 594, Causeway
Harare
Telephone: + (2634) 70 03 39/70 45 31
Telefax: + (2634) 70 03 39
E-mail address: plantpro@harare.iafrica.com
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