Mexico: Agriculture declares Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango and Sonora as areas free of cotton plagues

Published 2021년 7월 21일

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Mexico's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has declared several states as free zones from cotton plagues, benefiting producers and potentially increasing national and international market access. The states include Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, and Sonora, and the declaration is valid for 24 months, with producers required to maintain phytosanitary measures. The initiative is a result of collaborative efforts between Mexican and US health authorities to eradicate the pink worm and cotton boll weevil, key pests in cotton production. This move is expected to have a positive impact on Mexico's agricultural sector, as it is one of the top nine cotton producers in the world.

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AGRICULTURE PRESS RELEASE (SADER). The measure has a positive impact on the productive sector, which in 2019 planted 208 thousand hectares, with a production value of 10.8 billion pesos. Mexico is the ninth largest cotton producer in the world, with almost one million tons per year, planted in seven states. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development declared Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango and Sonora as a free zone from the main cotton plagues, which directly benefits producers, who can place their merchandise in more and better national and international markets. . Through two agreements published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF), the federal agency announced that the entire territory of Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango and Sonora obtain recognition as a free zone of pink cotton worm (Pectinophora gossypiella ), after technicians from the National Service for Agrifood Health, Safety and Quality (Senasica) confirmed the absence of ...

Source: Inforural