Adab intensifies prevention against Cocoa Moniliasis in Brazil

Published Sep 20, 2021

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The Agricultural Defense Agency of Bahia (Adab) is intensifying surveillance and promoting preventive actions to stop the spread of Cocoa Moniliasis in Bahian crops, particularly in the municipality of Mâncio Lima, Acre, due to an identified infestation. Adab is collaborating with the Ministry of Agriculture and other states like Ceará, Mato Grosso, and Pará to control the disease caused by the Moniliophthora roreri fungus through training, investigation, and technical support. This is part of Bahia's Phytosanitary Project to Prevent Cacao Moniliasis, which includes education, identification of entry points, and risk routes, as well as emergency courses. The concern is heightened by the presence of a water station due in November, fearing the spread of the fungus through the air. The first outbreak in Brazil was detected in July this year, and the potential economic impact is significant, with losses in annual cocoa production reported from Colombia, Venezuela, and Costa Rica.

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To prevent the entry of Cocoa Moniliasis in Bahian crops, the Agricultural Defense Agency of Bahia (Adab) is intensifying monitoring of cocoa plantations and promoting preventive actions for plant health. In partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture, the agency is carrying out collaborative training, investigation and technical investigation to suppress a focus in the municipality of Mâncio Lima, state of Acre, a place with an already identified infestation. Over the next 10 days, state inspectors from Adab Suely Brito and Alessandro Oliveira will visit suspicious areas and closely monitor activities to control the disease, caused by the fungus Moniliophthora roreri, which is of great economic importance for the cocoa crop. Bahia is classified as an Absent Quarantine Plague of Moniliasis and since 2007 runs the Phytosanitary Project to Prevent Cacao Moniliasis, which includes phytosanitary education actions, technical training, identification of entry points and risk routes, in ...

Source: Mercado Do Cacau