In Guatemala, two importing companies claim not to be able to bring in this type of fruit imported from Mexico, because the Ministry of Agriculture requires them to present a phytosanitary certificate that their suppliers do not issue.
Because the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food (MAGA) of Guatemala, requires a phytosanitary export certificate which must indicate that avocados coming into the country are free of the Sunblotch virus, since May 11 importing companies have not been able to bring in the product.
The self-declaration of the bird flu in Peten could be extended to other departments, fostering new investments and the possibility of exporting to Nicaragua, Venezuela and the Caribbean.
After 16 years of not being able to export eggs, Petén is the first department to achieve self-declaration of being free from low pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza in compliance with national and international standards, and as part of a gradual process which the government intends to complete in order to declare the self-declaration in other areas of the country in 2017 and 2018, which would generate new export opportunities for the poultry industry.
The Ministry of Agriculture ordered the measure due to an increase of the pest in Guatemalan forests, in order to have more resources to combat it.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food (MAGA) in Guatemala declared a state of sanitary emergency due to a significant increase in pine weevils in the country, and the threat posed by the scourge of this species in the coniferous forests of Honduras, reported Prensalibre.com.
Businessmen have complained to the Executive office about the slowness and inefficiency of customs inspections of the country, where containers are retained for up to 15 days.
The truckers blockade which paralyzed customs offices in Jutiapa for a week, has made entrepreneurs question the efficiency of border posts in the country because of the time invested in land transport. They claim the process is slow and makes products more expensive as well as harming the competitiveness of the country.
The new National Bovine Health Program creates a control system and health information service to improve diagnosis and epidemiological surveillance in the livestock sector.
A report states that three poultry companies in Honduras are requesting permission to sell eggs in neighboring countries.
Honduras' oviparous production exceeds domestic demand, therefore representatives from the Association of Poultry Producers in Honduras are trying to export their products, principally eggs, to Guatemala and El Salvador. Currently three Honduran companies "... are in the process of pre-certification by the relevant health authorities."
Confirmation has been given of the presence of the disease in cattle and horses in three municipalities in the department of Chimaltenango, 54 kilometers from the capital.
The affected municipalities are Santa Apolonia, San Jose Poaquil and Tecpán Guatemala.
To compensate for the reduction in local production, the government plans to allocate $8.8 million for the purchase of 39,000 hundredweight of beans and 230,000 hundredweight of corn.
In the period from January to August 2014, the government imported maize from the United States and Mexico, and in the case of beans, 60% was purchased from the US, 20.3% from Canada, 11.4% from China, 6.7% from Nicaragua and the rest 1.5% from Argentina.
Modernization of production systems and the launch of an electronic traceability system are part of the initiatives being taken by the Government to revive the sector.
The Government of Guatemala has presented guidelines of the policy it intends to implement to encourage the development of farming in the country.
The union has denounced the absence of a long-term policy to organise production and help the fight against the pests and smuggling which are hurting the sector.
The recent plague of the salivosa insect, which caused an emergency phytosanitary status to be declared, the increased smuggling of beef on the border with Mexico and the lack of actual figures related to the sector, are the main arguments put forward by the livestock sector when demanding that the government implement a policy of long-term development for the sector.
The aim is to increase storage capacity for grains to 1.2 million cwt (hundredweight) in order to reduce dependence on the World Food Programme.
In order to improve the country's capacity to face natural disasters and be less dependent on the World Food Programme (WFP), the government intends to increase storage capacity by building more silos.
The government will be allocating $22 million to buy 858,000 sacks of fertilizer, in direct form, after drawbacks in negotiations with the company Disagro.
"... without being subject to the requirements of a tender and quotes" and "...
The National Livestock Traceability System created by the Ministry of Livestock will come into effect in March.
Starting Saturday the 1st. March the National LivestockTraceability System will come into a effect in Guatemala. It is a system created by the Ministry of Agriculture in order to contribute to food security, compliance with sanitary measures and laws at national and international level.
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