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Reducing Latin American pesticide residue through biopesticides and other integrated pest control options to boost agricultural trade

Start Date: 01/12/2022
End Date: 31/12/2025

Description

The main purpose of this project will be to mitigate pesticide residues on export food crops and facilitate agricultural trade through compliance with trade standards, and by identifying and promoting the use of non-residue-generating biopesticides and other integrated pest management strategies to control key pests. This project will develop a process for identifying and prioritizing pesticide residue trade barriers, then establishing a methodology for mitigating those barriers, coordinated regionally and globally for twelve countries in Latin America. The overall impact also includes improved human and environmental health (reducing risk to consumers, pesticide applicators, and the environment). In summary, this project will contribute to the higher development goals of poverty reduction and economic growth, with technical capacity building delivery as a means to achieve these higher-level development goals.

Action scope

Multicountry

Evaluated

No

Stage

Implementation- Ongoing

Temporalidad

Medium-term

Number of Years

3 - Year -s

Related elements

Budget in USD

Budget in USD
$900,473.00
Counterpart Budget
$938,900.00
Total Budget
$1,839,373.00
Annual Average Budget
$613,124.00

Institutions

Institutions Institutions rols
IICA: Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura Execution and operation
SFE: Servicio Fitosanitario del Estado Execution and operation
SENASA: Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria de Argentina Execution and operation
IPSA: Instituto de Protección y Sanidad Agropecuaria de Nicaragua Execution and operation
SENAVE: Servicio Nacional de Calidad y Sanidad Vegetal y de Semillas de Paraguay Execution and operation
SENASAG: Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria e Inocuidad Alimentaria de Bolivia Execution and operation
SENASA: Servicio Nacional de Sanidad e Inocuidad Agroalimentaria de Honduras Execution and operation
SENASA: Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria en Perú Execution and operation
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (MAG) de El Salvador Execution and operation
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (MAGA) de Guatemala Execution and operation
MINAGRICULTURA: Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural de Colombia Execution and operation
SENASAG: Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria e Inocuidad Alimentaria de Bolivia Execution and operation
Agrocalidad Ecuador Execution and operation
UNAL: Universidad Nacional de Colombia Execution and operation
UBA: Universidad de Buenos Aires Execution and operation
UCR: Universidad de Costa Rica Execution and operation
CropLife Latin America Technical assistance
Avance Pasifloras Colombia Technical assistance
ASOBIOCOL: Asociación Colombiana de Bioinsumos Technical assistance
BPG: BioProtection Global Technical assistance

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