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Dr. Olegario Muniz

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Organization: Soil Institute
Country: Cuba
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Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition

Regional Soil Partnership for Central America, Mexico and The Cuaribbean

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    • It is a very important, complete and useful document that must be approved. First let me express that in the document, both, fertilizers and pesticides, are considered “agrochemicals”. I do not like that expression because fertilizers are for “feeding” plants, but pesticides, for “killing” plants.

      In the other hand, some persons consider that concrete Safety Regulations go against Fertilizer Industry. On the contrary, those regulations not only are important for farmers but also protect Fertilizer Industry. It is the case of Cadmium (Cd) content on Rock Phosphate and Phosphorus fertilizers like TSP and others that is one of the most frequent sources of Cd in agriculture. I propose that must be included an Annex of these Safety Standards and Permissible Limits.

      Besides, I propose that the document must be more explicit in relation to regulations of fertilizers storage and transportation.

      Olegario Muniz

      Soil Institute, Havana, Cuba