Decree with Rank, Value and Force of Law on Comprehensive Agricultural Health
Start Date:
31/07/2008
End Date:
N/A
Description
Legal framework aiming to ensure comprehensive agricultural health (primary health of animals, plants, products, by-products, soil, water, air, and people, and the close relationship between them), incorporating agroecology principles to promote food sovereignty and security. It regulates prevention, control, and eradication of pests and diseases, quarantine, inputs (biological and chemical), mobilization, food hygiene in the primary sector, and establishes the National Institute of Comprehensive Agricultural Health (INSAI).