The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries stressed this Thursday (15.o4.2020) the "drastic decrease" in codling moth interceptions in pears and apples coming from Northern Patagonia bound for Brazil.
The Ministry justified the decline of the main pest of apple and pear trees due to "work in the territory carried out by Senasa and the strengthening of bilateral dialogue."
According to the agricultural portfolio, to date only one shipment affected by the live larva of Carpocapsa has been intercepted, while at the same time last year 13 cases had been detected.
«A greater presence on the ground and more integrated work with the provinces of Neuquén and Río Negro and the private sector, together with timely institutional management, is allowing us to have a season without major surprises and to maintain one of the main destination markets for production in Northern Patagonia," highlighted the Minister of Agriculture, Luis Basterra.
The agricultural portfolio also stressed in a statement that "this decrease takes on additional significance, as it occurs within the framework of an increase in export volumes in the first quarter of this year, especially marked in apples."
The Ministry attributed the drop in interceptions at the border by Brazilian prosecutors to the work carried out by Senasa in the productions.
According to the Ministry, Controls were carried out in 100% of the establishments registered for export and "an improvement in bilateral dialogue"l ».
Along these lines, Basterra valued the greater awareness in the producer/export sector.
«The situation that occurred in February 2019 with the border closure (after 9 cases were detected in the month), the permanent threat that this situation could be repeated, added to the greater controls and supervision implemented by Senasa, led the sector to become more aware and carefully select the fruit to export.", said the national official.
This also implies "a great effort since a lot of fruit is discarded or repurposed in order to arrive in the best possible condition," he concluded.
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