With no state contributions to prevent the entry of the fruit fly into Patagonia, producers focus their attention.

Published 2025년 10월 21일

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Just as happened with the national program that sought to address the issue of Lobesia botrana, a quarantine-level pest commonly known as the grape moth, over a year ago the National Agro-Food Health and Quality Service (Senasa) also withdrew its financial contribution to the program focusing on Ceratitis capitata, better known as the fruit fly or Mediterranean fruit fly.
This control initiative is especially important for the Patagonian region, which since 2005 has been classified as a "pest-free area" for this plague, a sanitary status that allows it to enter with its stone and pit fruits into dozens of countries around the world. If pears and apples from the Alto Valle still have an export destination, it is mainly due to this.

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Just as happened with the national program that sought to address the issue of Lobesia botrana, a quarantine pest commonly known as the grape moth, over a year ago, the National Service of Agri-Food Health and Quality (Senasa) also withdrew its financial contribution from the program focused on Ceratitis capitata, better known as the fruit fly or Mediterranean fly. This control initiative is especially important for the Patagonian region, which since 2005 has been classified as a "free area" of this pest, a sanitary status that allows it to enter with its stone and pit fruits to dozens of countries around the world. If the pears and apples of the Alto Valle still have an export destination, it is mainly due to this.

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