To overcome the crisis in the southwest, the government of Colombia will allow the importation of animal feed from Ecuador

Given the problems caused by the landslide that caused the clogging of the Pan-American highway, the government announced the importation of animal feed from Ecuador. In this sense, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) announced the issuance of a resolution to guarantee the entry of food for domestic and farm animals affected by the blockage of the Pan-American highway between Cauca and Nariño. The decision is made after the dialogue that took place with producers in the region and local authorities. The resolution sets the guidelines to allow inputs to feed animals into the country and thus avoid losses to producers. Imports of these products must be processed on the platform of the Sanitary Information System for the Import and Export of Agricultural and Livestock Products (SISPAP), by means of an import application without presenting the animal health certificate for import. (Read: Concern of the SAC for producers and ...