Provisional measure directs resources to Embrapa to combat cassava pest

The National Congress is analyzing a provisional measure (MP 1321/25) that opens an extraordinary credit of R$ 2.5 million in the 2025 Budget for the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock. The resources will be directed to Embrapa for biological control actions against a threat to the cassava crop, called Cassava Decline, caused by a fungus known as "Witches' Broom." The idea is to have solutions that guarantee resistant genetic materials. The pest was detected in Amapá and, according to the message accompanying the project, it spreads aggressively, with reports of losses of up to 100% in crops. The problem would be ...