Piura: Working Group to implement actions against banana pest

Published Sep 13, 2024

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The Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (MIDAGRI) has formed a Working Group to address the national phytosanitary emergency caused by Fusarium Oxysporum f. sp. cubense Race 4 Tropical in banana crops, as per Ministerial Resolution No. 0301-2024-MIDAGRI. Led by Vice Minister Christian Garay Torres, the group will implement strategic actions to mitigate the pest's damage and prevent its spread, with an Action Plan to be presented on September 19. The group includes representatives from various agricultural organizations and government bodies, with SENASA as Technical Secretary. Since the pest's detection in Piura in 2021, SENASA has been actively involved in surveillance, sampling, quarantine, and control measures to protect the country's banana and plantain crops.

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The Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (MIDAGRI) has set up 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 by 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, reported MIDAGRI, 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 establishment of this group, the technical actions carried out by agricultural organizations, national and regional governments to protect plantain and banana crops of great importance for the country's food security, as well as for the agro-export sector, will ...

Source: MXfruit