Bolivia: Customs and INIAF sign agreement to prevent seed smuggling across borders
Bolivia
Published Jun 25, 2022
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The Bolivian National Customs and the National Institute for Agricultural and Forestry Innovation (INIAF) signed an agreement in order to intensify control tasks and operations to prevent the smuggling of seeds in border areas of the country.
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By Editorial PortalPortuario.cl, @PortalPortuario, The National Customs of Bolivia and the National Institute of Agricultural and Forestry Innovation (INIAF) signed an agreement in order to intensify control tasks and operations to prevent the smuggling of seeds in border areas of the country. In this context, the Executive President of the National Customs, Karina Serrudo Miranda, indicated that "in the framework of Law 1053, now the INIAF joins through an agreement to deal with the smuggling of genetically modified seeds that try to be introduced into the national territory. As a result of the above, controls are expected to be strengthened at temporary and fixed points. For its part, the INIAF will carry out an examination of the grains for their certification. Based on the information from the Bolivian Customs, the importance of this agreement lies in providing the population with food security prior coordination of strategies, plans, actions and exchange of information, in ...
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