Normative Instruction establishes measures to control locust outbreaks

The Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development (Seapdr) published in the Official State Gazette this Friday (24) a Normative Instruction that provides for plant health defense measures relating to the suppression and control of outbreaks of the southern migratory grasshopper. American in Rio Grande do Sul.

The publication establishes the emergency plan to deal with the pest, indicating that communication of outbreaks will be mandatory, as well as control strategies in the combination of efforts between the secretariat, entities and rural producers.