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06/08/2019
Con el propósito de mantener protegido el agro de América Latina y el Caribe, los ministros de Agricultura y jefes de delegación de esos países firman la “Declaración Regional de Autoridades Agropecuarias sobre FocR4T”, en el marco del Encuentro Regional [...]
06/08/2019
Ante la preocupación por las sospechas del hongo Fusarium Raza 4 Tropical TR4 en Colombia, se realizó el "Encuentro Regional de Autoridades Agropecuarias" de diferentes países de Latinoamérica; con el fin de formar un frente común contra la enfermedad que [...]
06/08/2019
Ecuadorean government spearheads efforts to create common front to combat the spread of the disease.
06/08/2019
Latin American countries have joined forces to stop the spread of banana disease TR4, meeting on Monday in Ecuador.
03/08/2019
Stakeholders of the banana industry, government agencies, agricultural partner organizations and the public are hereby informed of a notification of a suspected detection of Fusarium wilt of bananas in La Guajira Province in Colombia.
01/08/2019
Panama TR4 remains contained to three Tully Valley farms four-and-a half years on from the initial detection. However, the disease has spread uphill and up-river within the infested farms, with nearly 60 plants confirmed positive since March 2015 (nearly 60 per cent [...]
01/08/2019
Ѕtаkеhоldеrѕ оf thе bаnаnа іnduѕtrу, gоvеrnmеnt аgеnсіеѕ, аgrісulturаl раrtnеr оrgаnіzаtіоnѕ аnd thе рublіс аrе іnfоrmеd оf а ѕuѕресtеd dеtесtіоn оf Fuѕаrіum wіlt оf bаnаnаѕ іn Lа Guајіrа Рrоvіnсе іn Соlоmbіа.
01/08/2019
The suspected entry of a virulent banana disease into Latin America has the potential to have a "drastic" effect on the region's exports over the next decade, according to the CEO of U.S based produce company Del Monte.
En La Guajira se instaló Puesto de Mando Unificado Regional para proteger las plantaciones de banano
30/07/2019
Con el fin de avanzar en el plan de contingencia por sospecha de la presencia de la marchitez en plantas de banano en La Guajira, la gerente general del ICA, Deyanira Barrero León, instaló el Puesto de Mando Unificado Regional, [...]
23/07/2019
Earlier this month, banana growers in Latin America got some worrying news. Officials in Colombia said four plantations had been quarantined after the possible appearance of a banana fungus that has already caused devastating losses in Asia. Fusarium wilt tropical race 4 [...]
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