MIDA and ETESA signed an agreement for the creation of a National Agroclimatic Data and Statistics System, which will be fed with data from agro-meteorological, meteorological and hydrological stations.
This agreement, which was signed by the rector of the agricultural sector, Augusto Valderrama, and the general manager of Empresa de Transmision Electrica, S.A.
Due to the new outbreak of flying locusts, farmers in the department of Peten report that the pest has destroyed large areas of corn and bean crops.
Days ago, the International Regional Organization for Agricultural Health (OIRSA) warned that a locust swarm entered Guatemala from the border area with Yucatan, Mexico.
The Ministry of Agriculture identified a second outbreak of the Devouring Locust, now in grasslands and corn fields of the Havillal canton, municipality of San Miguel.
On July 15, the Government reported that they had detected the presence of the Devouring Locust in the state of nymph, in the Costa Azul hamlet of the municipality of Tecoluca, department of San Vicente.
The government has confirmed the presence of the devouring locust in the state of nymph in the Costa Azul hamlet in the municipality of Tecoluca, department of San Vicente.
The International Regional Organization for Agricultural Health alerted the region's ministries of agriculture to outbreaks of the devastating Central American locust.
The Central American authorities were informed of the alert in a note issued by the Regional International Organization for Agricultural Health (OIRSA) during the first stage of rains that ended in September.
Congress approved a decree obliging the Ministry of Agriculture to fumigate banana and plantain plantations.
Decree 7-2020 approved the Law for the Protection of Banana and Plantain Crops in the Republic of Guatemala, a law that, in addition to protecting banana crops, also promotes the economic development of the banana sector, Congress reported in a press release.
Salvadoran authorities have determined that the disease attacking citrus plantations, called Huanglongbing, could be present in crops in Santa Ana, Ahuachapán, La Libertad and La Paz.
After the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) declared a state of phytosanitary emergency on February 19, it was reported that the disease specifically attacks lemons, oranges, tangerines, grapefruits and limes, in addition to the ornamental plant Murraya paniculata, commonly known as myrtle or jasmine.
To calm the spirits of local producers, the Panamanian government has announced the beginning of an audit of the process to import agrifood products, in order to identify companies that are bringing goods in without meeting any of the requirements.
A few days after producers in the country held demonstrations against the allegedly excessive entry of products such as dairy and meat, the government decided to form, together with representatives from the agricultural sector, a discussion table to solve some of the problems.However, this negotiation was abandoned by representatives of the unions.
Forecasts are that in 2017 $12 million will be allocated to the renovation and equipping of animal and plant health laboratories belonging to the Agricultural Research Institute.
The director of the Institute of Agricultural Research in Panama (IDIAP) told Capital.com.pa that"... the new headquarters in Tapia and the institution's animal and plant health laboratories will have a $4.3 million investment."
The union Camagro claims that in the last six months adverse investment and employment conditions have become more pronounced.
From a statement issued by Camagro:
The members of the Chamber dedicated to agricultural, agro-industrial and agri-export activities in the 22 departments of the country, expressed through a press release, that they believe that the country's competitiveness is still not being unattended to, and that during these six months the Government has caused adverse investment and employment conditions to be more pronounced.The three most criticised ministries being: the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Communications and the Ministry of the Interior, for the main reasons which are summarized as follows:
It will regulate the practices to be implemented in the product cycle from plant origin to the final destination and vice versa along the entire chain.
From a statement issued by the National Assembly of Panama:
The State is responsible for ensuring the safety of plant foods which are produced and consumed in the country, as established by Bill No.299, which created the Best Practices and Agricultural Traceability Program (BPTA by its initials in Spanish) approved in a third debate today by the full legislature.
The country has been criticized for violating trade agreements and placing phytosanitary barriers on trade using political-ideological and non-technical justifications.
EDITORIAL
Having entrusted the management of the Ministries of Economy and Commerce and Agriculture and Livestock -and linked institutions - to a group of officials who believe in their own last century protectionist model - and going against openness to the world practiced by the country in the last 20 years, and who were also openly opposing the Central American Free trade Agreement (CAFTA) with the United States, the Solis administration has made sure that there will be recurrent conflicts related in trade of agro-industrial products to the Northern nation, Costa Rica's main trading partner.
The new National Bovine Health Program creates a control system and health information service to improve diagnosis and epidemiological surveillance in the livestock sector.
The National Bovine Health Program (PROSABO) "... creates a health information system for receiving reports of outbreaks, cases and establish indicators, attack rates, morbidity and mortality, among other things.
From 3 to 7 May in Guatemala City topics will be addressed such as innovation and technology transfer in the cultivation of grains, vegetables, fruit, animal production and renewable natural resources.
The LX Annual Meeting of the Central American Cooperative Program for the Improvement of Crops and Animals will focus on the generation of technology innovation for sustainable agriculture.
Health authorities in both countries are seeking to harmonize standards for health and food safety for the horticultural products traded with each other.
From a statement issued by the Costa Rican Foreign Trade Promotion Office:
Health authorities in Mexico and Guatemala have agreed to work on the approval of standards for health and safety of horticultural products produced under Risk Reduction Systems as a requirement for entry to the respective countries. These actions aim to intensify trade of food products, reported the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA).
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