Chile: SAG starts fruit fly eradication campaign in Copiapó

Published 2022년 7월 14일

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The regional director of the SAG in Chile is seeking community collaboration in an eradication campaign against the fruit fly, a pest that poses a threat to the country's fruit exports. The campaign involves inspectors accessing homes, inspecting fruit trees, and carrying out treatments. The SAG has also met with various stakeholders to support the campaign. The pest occasionally enters the country through smuggling and undeclared fruit at borders. The public is urged to purchase fruits from formal wholesalers and report any illicit trade. The fruit fly causes fruit rot by laying eggs inside the fruit.

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The regional director of the SAG, Mei Maggi Achu, explained that “we want to make a call to the neighbors so that they can collaborate with the success of the campaign and thus maintain the condition of a country free of this insect that we have today in Chile. This is a pest that affects the country's fruit exports, it is very harmful, so we seek to eradicate it as soon as possible," he said. He indicated that inspectors from the Service, duly identified, must register homes, access houses to inspect fruit trees, take samples, install and inspect traps, carry out soil and foliage treatments, among other tasks, for which he asked the community provide the facilities for it. It should be noted that the application of the products used by the Service does not imply any risk to human health or to pets, but it is important to follow all the instructions given by the SAG officials when entering the home. A coordinated job In order to explain the scope of the eradication campaign and ...

Source: Servicio Agricola