Public notice published for the selection of rural young people for exchange in Canada
The exchange period will be eight and a half months, starting in November, in Brazil, and ending in September 2025, in the Province of British Columbia
Normative Instruction (IN) No. 14/2024 came into force this week, which establishes actions for Plant Health Defense of the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Sustainable Production and Irrigation (Seapi) to prevent the entry of Greening into Rio Grande do Sul. The objective is the protection and development of the State’s citrus industry. The IN was published on May 24th in the Official State Gazette (DOE).
Among the definitions, the IN establishes complementary criteria and procedures for preventing the pest Candidatus liberibacter spp., which causes HLB and the insect vector diaphorina citri (citrus psyllid), still unrecorded in Rio Grande do Sul. The disease known as Greening is one of the most serious and destructive in the citrus industry worldwide, attacking all types of citrus and which has no efficient curative treatment for diseased plants.
According to the director of Seapi's Plant Defense Department, Ricardo Felicetti, the use of inappropriate seedlings is the main risk of diseases such as Greening entering the State, and the regulations meet the sector's demands for greater phytosanitary protection of the crop. "We are reinforcing protective measures for citrus farming in Rio Grande do Sul, especially in the restoration of new orchards aiming at the use of pathogen-free seedlings, such as Greening. Many citrus growers had their orchards compromised by floods and, in the restoration of these orchards, we are bringing guarantees of using pest-free seedlings", says Felicetti.
The Normative Instruction defines that the entry into Rio Grande do Sul of seedlings or any propagative material of the genera Citrus, Fortunella and Poncirus, produced in other Units of the Federation or abroad, is subject to Prior Authorization issued by the Secretariat through the Department of Plant Defense (DDV/Seapi). The authorization request must be made 30 days in advance using an online form and sending documents by email.
The formal entry authorization document, called “Authorization for Entry of Citrus Seedlings and Propagation Materials”, must accompany the transit of the material, plus the Conformity Term (TC) of the material, the Invoice and the Transit Permit for Plants (PTV) or Phytosanitary Certificate (CF).
In addition, transportation also has new rules, with the material having to be packed in a means of transport with a closed body or with an anti-aphid screen, in individualized lots, packaged and with a description on the packaging of the issuer's data contained in the tax document and the lot information. described in the PTV and TC. Commercial production establishments of citrus or propagative material of plants of the genera Citrus, Fortunella and Poncirus, those with more than 50 plants, must register their property and production area in the Agricultural Defense System (SDA) of the Secretariat of Agriculture .
“IN also encourages the use of advanced technologies for pest detection and control, promoting innovation and research in the citrus sector. With these measures, we seek to guarantee the sustainability and competitiveness of Rio Grande do Sul's citrus industry in the national market”, adds the head of Seapi's Plant Health Defense Division (DDV), Rita Antochevis.
The new legislation also establishes a ban on the commercialization of propagative material from plants of the genera Citrus, Fortunella, Poncirus and the species Murraya paniculata in a warehouse or supply center. And the prohibition on the entry of seedlings is maintained Murraya paniculata (myrtle), originating from states with occurrence of HLB as set out in Ordinance 133/2011, from Seapi.
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