The Republic of Argentina, the Plurinational State of Bolivia and the Republic of Paraguay agreed on actions to strengthen animal and plant health in border areas, through their national services of Agri-Food Health and Quality (Senasa), Agricultural Health and Food Safety (Senasag), Quality, Plant Health and Seeds (Senave) and Quality and Animal Health (Senacsa), respectively.
The commitment was made within the framework of a trinational meeting, held on Thursday (01.08.2019/XNUMX/XNUMX) in the Salta town of Santa Victoria Este, which was attended by the presidents of Senasa, Ricardo Negri; Senacsa, José Carlos Martín, and the General Technical Directors of Senave, César Rivas, and national directors of Senasag, Javier Suárez, detailed the Senasa statement.
“At the meeting we discussed how to improve health work in the region known as “Gran Chaco”. In terms of animal health, we signed an agreement to strengthen joint work and next year we will participate in a meeting in Philadelphia (Paraguay), to analyze the actions carried out by the work teams," said Negri.
During the meeting, two workshops were held: one on plant protection and another on animal health, where technicians from each organization presented information on the health situation in each country, as well as the programs and activities they carry out.
On this occasion, the livestock organizations of the three countries signed an inter-institutional memorandum of understanding for the strengthening and technical cooperation at the border in the field of animal health. In which they agree to exchange information on animal health of interest, carry out epidemiological surveillance actions in the municipalities located on the border line; carry out joint actions in the control and inspection of the entry points located on the border line and provide training to the personnel of the institutions.
In terms of plant health, the organizations committed to carrying out frequent monitoring in difficult-to-access border areas and to maintaining fluid communication to report locust sightings from one country to another. The meeting also included monitoring of locusts in eastern Salta and western Formosa on July 30 and 31 by representatives of the health services of the three countries.
Also present were the Vice President of Senasa, Guillermo Rossi, the National Director of Animal Health, Matías Nardello, the head of the National Acridiosis Program, Héctor Medina, and the directors of the NEA and NOA regional centers of Senasa, Jorge Bulman and Inés Paniri, along with their work teams.
Within the framework of the trinational meeting with the @SENAVEParaguay ?? and the @SenasagBolivia ?? We evaluate the anti-foot and mouth disease and anti-brucellosis vaccination plans and the work of the new health entities in Formosa and Salta. @rickynegri @ffgrossi @matiasnardello y @jmblaiklock pic.twitter.com/7R31cL2HIA
— Senasa_AR (@SenasaAR) August 1, 2019
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