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SERVICES |
CLIENT REQUIREMENTS |
CHARGES |
TIMELINES |
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General Enquiries |
Contact via walk-in, phone, letter, emails, and social media |
Free |
Immediately |
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Technology Testing and Dissemination |
Formal request |
According to budgetary requirements |
15 days |
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Enquiry on Released Technologies i.e. crop varieties and management options |
Formal request |
Free |
5 days |
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Supply Planting Materials or Seed (Breeder’s, Pre-Basic and Basic) |
Formal request |
According to current market prices per crop variety |
2 hours |
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Registration of Seed Growers |
Formal request |
K2,000/Crop |
2 hours |
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Inspection of Seed Fields |
Formal request |
K6,000/Ha or less |
1 day |
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Seed Sampling |
Formal request |
K500/Seedlot |
5 days |
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Laboratory Seed Testing |
Formal request |
K1,000/Sample/test |
28 days |
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Issuance of Replacement of Seed Certificate |
Formal request |
K5,000 |
5 days |
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Orange International Certificate (Export) |
Formal request |
K7,500 |
28 days |
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Plant Disease and Pest Diagnosis |
Formal request |
Free |
5 days |
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Issuance of Phytosanitary Certificate and Import Plant Permit |
Formal request |
K5,000/Lot |
3 days |
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Laboratory Analysis of Soil, Fertilizer, Manure and Plant Tissues |
Formal request |
K1,000/Element |
3 days |
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Laboratory Analysis of India Hemp |
Formal request |
K500/Element |
3 days |
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Laboratory Analysis of Aflatoxin |
Formal request |
K25,000/Sample |
1 day |
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Detection of Living Modified Organisms (LMO) |
Formal request |
K15,000/Sample |
10 days |
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Detection of Banana Bunchy Top Virus |
Formal request |
K10,000/Sample |
10 days |
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Supply of Microbial Inoculant or Strains |
Formal request |
K700/Packet or K2,000,000/Strain |
5 days |
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Laboratory Analysis of Microbial Inoculant or Strains |
Formal request |
K10,000/Sample K10,000/Lot |
15 days |
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OPERATING HOURS Open from Monday to Friday at 07:30 -12:00 hrs. and 13:00 - 16:30 hrs. except for Public Holidays |
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FEEDBACK To ensure that our customer’s needs are met, we encourage them to provide us with complaints, complements, suggestions, and any feedback pertaining to our services. We will treat all the feedback carefully, deal with it promptly and use it to continuously improve our service standards. |
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THE FEEDBACK CAN BE SENT TO: The Director of Agricultural Research Services Office of the Ombudsman P.O. Box 30779, Lilongwe 3 P/Bag 348, Lilongwe Tel.: +265 1 707 398/ Fax: +265 1 707 398 and/or Tel.: +265 1 774 899/Fax: +265 1 771 436 Email: agric-research@sdnp.org.m |