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According to information from the Ministry of Agriculture of the Dominican Republic, ministers of Agriculture and Livestock of a total of 33 countries in the Americas and the Caribbean agreed by resolution to join efforts to support the country in the implementation of sanitary, economic, and social actions and initiatives, in order to control and eradicate African swine fever and prevent its spread.
The ministerial commitment was established by Resolution No. 14 during the Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas 2021, held in Costa Rica, within the framework of the Twenty-first Regular Meeting of the Inter-American Board of Agriculture (JIA) of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA).
The commitment includes management and communicating the risk for virus control, strengthening the updating and improvement of sanitary emergency plans with the respective development of ASF contingency plans, standardized operations manuals, and recovery plans to protect production, trade, and food. Similarly developing and strengthening strategic alliances, especially public-private.
September 2, 2021/ Ministry of Agriculture/ Dominican Republic.
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