The National Service for Agri-Food Health and Quality (Senasa) hosted the Conference on public-private transfer and cooperation in plant protection between Argentina and Chile, which took place on August 2 and 3, 2018 in Buenos Aires.
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The opening of the meeting was led by the president of Senasa, Ricardo Negri, accompanied by the vice president, Guillermo Rossi, and the national director of Plant Protection, Diego Quiroga. Meanwhile, the Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG) of Chile was represented by the head of the Agricultural and Forestry Protection Division, Rodrigo Astete.
Integration of sectors
Rossi said that "the objective of this meeting was to analyze the public-private work that we are carrying out from Senasa with the different entities and chambers. In this case, Chile has a great deal of experience, a track record and an integration between the sectors productive"That is why we met so that they could tell us about their experience and see how we can apply it in our country to continue to strengthen and consolidate our role, especially in the fruit and vegetable sector."
“In addition to advancing with systems of research and communication "that they allow us to have quarantine treatments to show the world together with Chile and that we can in this way achieve the opening of new markets as part of the national government policy and of which Senasa is a part" said the Argentine official.
“To achieve this goal, Senasa leads the process together with SAG of Chile, but also works in an integrated manner with other research organizations such as INTA and the Obispo Colombres Experimental Station,” he added.
Pest control
In this regard, Astete indicated that “both countries have an agro-export agriculture through which we can work together on many issues and be complementary in the work in a coordinated manner against those pests that cause us difficulties on both sides of the Andes Mountains, seeking to provide solutions to our producers both in the trade of their products and in the economic damage they may cause.”
"For this we are going to formalize a joint cooperation agenda in the treatment and control "pest control between Senasa and SAG of Chile" concluded the Chilean official.
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