Peru: MIDAGRI establishes Working Group to implement actions against banana pest

The Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (MIDAGRI) established a Working Group to address the national phytosanitary emergency caused by Fusarium Oxysporum f. sp. cubense Race 4 Tropical in banana crops, and whose measure was made official through Ministerial Resolution No. 0301-2024 – MIDAGRI. This group is led by the Vice Minister of Policies and Supervision of Agrarian Development of MIDAGRI, Christian Garay Torres. The objective of this working group is to implement coordinated and strategic actions to address the damage caused by the pest and prevent its spread. As a result of this multi-sector alliance, the Action Plan to address the FOC R4T emergency must be presented on September 19. With the installation of this group, the technical actions carried out by agricultural organizations, the national and regional government to protect plantain and banana crops of great importance for the country's food security, as well as for the agro-export sector, will be ...