Argentina seeks to guarantee Spain the export of deforestation-free soybeans

The European Commission is on track to implement legislation aimed at preventing agro-industrial products from deforested areas from entering its territory after December 31, 2020. The goods included in the measure are palm oil, beef, soybeans, coffee, cocoa , wood and rubber, as well as products derived from them. Although later the list could be expanded. Within this framework, the Argentine Embassy in Spain organized an event in Madrid today, which was attended by representatives of the Spanish Confederation of Compound Animal Feed Manufacturers (Cesfac), where the platform that is being developed was explained. Designing to guarantee exports of products from the soybean complex free of deforestation. The tool in question, called Sectoral Vision of the Argentine Gran Chaco (Visec), consists of a platform promoted by The Nature Conservancy, Ciara-CEC, Peterson Consultancy and Tropical Forest Alliance, through which the members of the value chain of soya undertake to implement a ...