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  2. Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore - Wikipedia

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    The Food Control Division (formerly part of the Ministry of the Environment) was added to the AVA in July 2002. [4] It regulated food safety, safeguarded animal and plant health, and facilitated the agri-food and fisheries trade sectors.

  3. Pest control - Wikipedia

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    Pest control is the regulation or management of a species defined as a pest; such as any animal, plant or fungus that impacts adversely on human activities or environment. [1] The human response depends on the importance of the damage done and will range from tolerance, through deterrence and management, to attempts to completely eradicate the ...

  4. Integrated pest management - Wikipedia

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    Supervised control formed much of the conceptual basis for the "integrated control" that University of California entomologists articulated in the 1950s. Integrated control sought to identify the best mix of chemical and biological controls for a given insect pest.

  5. List of common household pests - Wikipedia

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    The house fly is found all over the world where humans live and so is the most widely distributed insect. [1]This is a list of common household pests – undesired animals that have a history of living, invading, causing damage, eating human foods, acting as disease vectors or causing other harms in human habitation.

  6. Cost basis - Wikipedia

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    Basis (or cost basis), as used in United States tax law, is the original cost of property, adjusted for factors such as depreciation. When a property is sold, the taxpayer pays/(saves) taxes on a capital gain /(loss) that equals the amount realized on the sale minus the sold property's basis.

  7. Physical pest control - Wikipedia

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    Physical pest control is a method of getting rid of insects and small rodents by killing, removing, or setting up barriers that will prevent further destruction of one's plants. These methods are used primarily for crop growing, but some methods can be applied to homes as well.

  8. Environmental issues in Singapore - Wikipedia

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    Since the founding of Singapore in 1819, more than 95% of its estimated 590 square km of vegetation has been cleared. At first for short-term cash crops and later because of urbanization and industrialization. 61 of its original 91 bird species has been lost leading to many native forest plants not being able to reproduce because of loss of seed dispersal and pollination.

  9. List of social service agencies in Singapore - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of social service agencies (SSA) in Singapore. [1] ... Singapore Amalgamated Services Co-Operative Organisation Senior Citizens Home; Singapore ...