Brazil: Mapa establishes pest prevention actions that can affect national fruit production

The Secretariat for Agricultural Defense of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Mapa) published this Tuesday (15), in the Federal Official Gazette, Normative Instructions No. 111 and 112 that deal, respectively, with the National Prevention and Surveillance Plans of the pests Lobesia botrana (European moth of vine clusters) and Moniliophtora roreri (Moniliasis of Cacao). Both pests make up the list of 20 missing pests prioritized under the National Program for the Prevention of Absent Quarantine Pests in Brazil. "The objective of the plans is to prevent the entry of exotic pests of economic importance in the country or to adopt timely measures in the event of their eventual detection, thus avoiding their dispersion to other areas and the consequent economic and social damage to rural producers", he highlights the general coordinator of Plant Protection, Graciane de Castro. According to her, all 20 missing pests prioritized will have specific structured plans. The ...