Minister Fernando Mattos seeks to have the contribution of the North American nation for the eradication of the bug fly.
He Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP), Fernando Mattosrequested help from USA to face future health campaigns that the government portfolio will carry out at the national level, with special emphasis on the eradication of the bug fly in the Uruguay.
The head of the MGAP met with the American ambassador Heide B. Fulton in the United States Embassy in Uruguayin Montevideo. The cordial visit had the objective of holding work meetings focused on health campaigns, as well as the export of citrus to the northern country.
Based on the situation that exists in Central America and North America with the bichera (Miasis), the MGAP reported that Mattos raised the need for help from the government of USA. Last year, the government portfolio visited Panama the Panama – US Cooperation factory for the Eradication and Control of the Livestock Screwworm (Copeg).
From the ministry, they maintain that “USA is a very important ally for Uruguay in this program and the support it has provided for its development”, which is why they positively valued the ambassador’s receptivity Fulton.
Recently, within the framework of COP28, the minister Mattos He also held conversations on the subject with the Secretary of Agriculture of USATom Vilsack.
“The bug fly causes enormous economic losses for Uruguay”
The North American diplomat stated this morning, through her X account (formerly Twitter), “USA is a leader in the eradication of this pest in North and Central America” and hopes to “concrete effective cooperation to contribute to the Uruguayan livestock sector”, since “the bug fly causes enormous economic losses to the productive sector in Uruguay“.
Mattos He was accompanied in the building by the director of International Affairs of the portfolio, Adriana Lupinacci Olasoand Romeo Volontegeneral manager of the Bichera Fly Eradication Program.
Source: Ambito
