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Agrochemical ruling shifts mood for Pergamino producers seeking to lift seven-year injunction
🇦🇷 Argentina /Economy & Trade

Agrochemical ruling shifts mood for Pergamino producers seeking to lift seven-year injunction

From La Nación · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Agricultural producers in Pergamino, Argentina, are seeking to overturn a seven-year-old court injunction restricting the use of agrochemicals.
  • A recent ruling in Rosario, which acquitted producers in a similar case, has provided a new legal precedent.
  • The producers and agricultural associations are reorganizing to challenge the injunction, which they deem excessive and lacking current technical support.

Seven years after a sweeping injunction restricted agrochemical applications around Pergamino, Argentina, producers and agricultural professionals are mobilizing to challenge the measure. The legal restriction, imposed in 2019, limits spraying within 1095 meters of the urban area.

It was fruitful because there was real participation, although many people apologized for not being able to attend due to work reasons.

— Andrés Pereyradescribing the meeting of agricultural producers and professionals in Pergamino

The renewed effort is fueled by a recent verdict from the Federal Oral Court No. 2 of Rosario. In that case, producers, an agronomist, and an applicator were acquitted of charges related to agrochemical applications. While two former municipal officials were convicted for control deficiencies, the court found no proven causal link to attribute criminal responsibility to the individual producers, despite acknowledging reported damages.

This Rosario ruling is now the cornerstone of the sector's strategy to revisit the Pergamino injunction, which they argue is excessive and lacks up-to-date technical justification. The Association of Agronomists of Northern Buenos Aires Province (Aianba) convened a meeting in Pergamino, drawing representatives from local rural societies, agricultural businesses, and legal experts.

Until August 10, when the grounds of the Rosario sentence are known, not much can be done.

— Andrés Pereyraexplaining the legal timeline for challenging the injunction

Andrés Pereyra, an agronomist and Aianba member, described the meeting as a turning point, noting a palpable increase in producer enthusiasm and willingness to participate. While legal experts advised waiting until August 10 for the full reasoning of the Rosario judgment, the gathering fostered a sense of renewed purpose. The idea of establishing a permanent body, potentially an observatory or consortium, to consolidate efforts and provide ongoing support for the sector was also discussed.

This must be the fifth meeting we have convened, and in this one, it was noticeable that there is more desire to do something, to participate.

— Andrés Pereyrahighlighting the increased engagement among producers
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Originally published by La Nación in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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