Nicaragua U-turn on pesticide ban

ONLY a week after imposing a ban on prohibited agrochemicals,the Nicaraguan government has taken a step back and is allowing entry to supplies already purchased by companies in the agricultural sector.

The National Commission of Registration and Control of Toxic Substances created by the Government in February had banned 12 agrochemicals from coming into the country.

Meanwhile, "representatives of the Nicaraguan Association of Makers and Dealers of Agrochemicals (ANIFODA) and the newly created National Commission of Registration and Control of Toxic Substances, under the Presidency of the Republic, will come together to define the future of these products in the country," reports Central

The President of the Superior Council of Private Enterprise (Cosep) Jose Adam Aguerri, said that "the parties will look for a way out of this situation, which has caused alarm among members of ANIFODA because of what could happen to agricultural activity resulting from the lack of these products, at the start of the agricultural cycle
Nicaragua U-turn on pesticide ban
ONLY a week after imposing a ban on prohibited agrochemicals the Nicaraguan government has taken a step back and is allowing entry to supplies already purchased by companies in the agricultural sector.
The National Commission of Registration and Control of Toxic Substances created by the Government in February had banned 12 agrochemicals from coming into the country.
Meanwhile, "representatives of the Nicaraguan Association of Makers and Dealers of Agrochemicals (ANIFODA) and the newly created National Commission of Registration and Control of Toxic Substances, under the Presidency of the Republic, will come together to define the future of these products in the country," reports Central

The President of the Superior Council of Private Enterprise (Cosep) Jose Adam Aguerri, said that "the parties will look for a way out of this situation, which has caused alarm among members of ANIFODA because of what could happen to agricultural activity resulting from the lack of these products, at the start of the agricultural cycle