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What are the forms of illegal trade in agricultural inputs in Latin America?
Products without registration, counterfeit, adulterated, repackaged, contraband or stolen are the modalities of illegal trade of agricultural inputs in Latin America, as confirmed by CropLife Latin America, which leads an awareness campaign against this crime that affects health, the environment and the economy.
Agriculture without innovation does not exist
Interview on the challenges of the sector in post-pandemic times with Sergi Vizoso-Sansano, current president of the CropLife Latin America Board of Directors and Senior Vice President of BASF's Agriculture Solutions Division in Latin America.
Private Standards, sustainability or marketing
Private standards are useful for aspects of sustainability such as the preservation of ecology or improve working conditions. Not surprisingly, agricultural certification schemes have proliferated, both geographically and thematically.
Colombian coffee, a story of good agricultural practices
At least 10 pests, including insects, weeds and diseases, can affect the coffee crop of the South American country. To protect their crops, coffee growers must implement agronomic management strategies with an Integrated Pest Management plan, IPM, which include the use of herbicides, insecticides and fungicides.
Advocacy and promotion of science-based regulatory frameworks continues
2020 Annual Report - During 2020, CropLife Latin America continued to defend and promote science-based regulatory frameworks as one of its strategic priorities, maintaining permanent and proactive dialogue with regulatory authorities and other sectors. Learn about our annual report in this video.
Progress and outlook: SCIENCE-based REGULATIONS
CropLife Latin America and its network of Associations maintain a permanent and proactive dialogue with regulatory authorities, farmers, academia and other sectors to promote and defend regulations with scientific criteria that allow access to agricultural technologies. Explore on this interactive map some of the topics on the regulatory agenda in Latin America for 2021.
Interview: Latin American agchem sector coping with first Covid wave but wary of a second
Jose Perdomo, president, CropLife Latin America, and Javier Fernandez, regulatory affairs adviser, CropLife Latin America, talk to Crop Science reporter, Robert Birkett.
Perspective on the so-called Precautionary Principle in Relation to Crop Protection Products
CropLife Latin America's perspective on the disadvantages of the Precautionary Principle as opposed to Risk Assessment. While the Precautionary Principle promotes decisions based exclusively on the danger of an activity or a technology, Risk Assessment promotes decisions based on scientific analysis, opens the possibility of managing risk and facilitates the entry of new technologies.
