Govt to introduce electronic permit to streamline agric trade
THE Plant Quarantine Services Institute (PQSI) is set to introduce an electronic permit management system to enhance efficiency and improve safety in plant imports.
Head of Plant Quarantine Services Institute, Research Services Department under the Agricultural Research, Innovation and Specialist Services Directorate, Mrs Louisa Makumbe said the introduction of an electronic permit management system was a way of transforming the current application process and allowing traders to secure necessary documentation online without leaving their premises.
“We are on a drive to have an electronic permit management system and to become one of the stakeholders on the Zimbabwe Electronic Single Window which will be key in us managing documentation as well as managing our phytosanitary services online.
“The Agricultural Permit Management System becomes an electronic one-stop shop where one is able to make applications for a permit and get all the relevant permits immediately online without them leaving their chairs and replaces the physical one-stop shop that is already existent within our ministry. This will improve the ease of doing business,” she said.
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