Livestock tracking program in Nicaragua

Nicaragua's General Office of Animal Protection and Sanitation (DGPSA in Spanish), a department within the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAGFOR), announced the beginning of the Livestock Tracking Program.

"The program consists of records that will allow to know where each animal comes from and where it is being sent, how many animals belong to each group and to which farm they were sent," said Willy Flores, head of the program, as quoted by the daily La Prensa on its website.

This initiative has been made affordable with a $3 million credit from the Inter-American Development Bank. It becomes more relevant as the coming into force of the free trade agreement between Central America and the European Union, which is one pillar of the EU-Central America Association Treaty, gets nearer.

Source: laprensa.com.ni

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