During an interview on the Agro America program, aired on Brazil’s TV Agro channel, Patrick Buholzer, Executive Director of the TAFS Forum, discussed the need for a new approach to the viral disease. He also called for a shared global understanding of the problem.

Paola Quesada, an intern at IICA’s FabLab, discussed the digital laboratory’s initiatives with Manuel Otero, Director General of the Institute; Sérvulo Matías Baeza, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Belize; and Óscar Enrique Guardado Calderón, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock of El Salvador.

Approximately 150 representatives from the private sector, academia and international organizations, such as the National Autonomous University of Mexico, the FAO and the country’s National Service of Agrifood Health, Safety and Quality (SENASICA), among others, participated in the event.

Among SENASA’s objectives in aiming to streamline its services are a focus on capacity development, horizontal management, and most of all, determining how to address the changing nature of pests and diseases affecting the agrifood industry, using a One Health approach.