Agreements between Brazil and Argentina to export pistachios and add swine genetics

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Published Dec 7, 2022

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After several years of negotiations, two agreements were signed for our pistachios to reach the neighboring country and to enrich the Argentine pig herds with Brazilian genetic developments. The Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Nation, Juan Josý Bahillo, today signed two protocols with representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply of Brazil to export Argentine pistachios and to transfer pig genetics from the neighboring country for reproduction in Argentina . "Congratulations to the work teams of both countries, attachés, officials, I know that they have worked intensely and in the last time we have advanced in significant achievements. These protocols are a great advance for strategic integration," said Bahillo.

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For her part, the president of Senasa, Diana Guillýn, highlighted: "The protocols imply two extremely important issues; to summarize, in one case it is about technology transfer in regards to the pork chain and the opening of a new market for a of our regional economies, of the Cuyo region in this case". The Secretary of Agricultural Defense of the Ministry of Agriculture of Brazil, Josý Tollstadius Leal; the Agricultural Attaché of the Argentine Embassy in Brazil, Javier Gustavo Dufourquet; the First Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, Paulo Barbosa Martins. Also taking part in the meeting were the Chief of Staff of the ...

Source: Chacra Magazine