date:Feb 12, 2020
According to business newspaper El Economista, Morocco has placed an order for 440 million sterile Ceratitis capitata from Argentina. The aim is to combat the Mediterranean fruit fly, one of the world's most destructive fruit pests.
The sterile fruit flies will be supplied by the Institute of Agricultural Health and Quality of Mendoza (ISCAMEN). The shipments will start in March and continue until May 2021. Morocco used to get the sterile medfly from Bio-tech center in Valencia, Spain. The agri