Acompañamiento en las actividades de Inspección, Vigilancia y Control de establecimientos distribuidores de Insumos Agrícolas en el Municipio de Arauquita.

Abstract

This report shows the development of the business practice project carried out at the Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) in the Department of Arauca, where the main objective was to develop Inspection, Surveillance and Control activities for marketers of agricultural inputs in the municipality. of Arauquita in order to verify the regulations of the current ICA resolution 90832 of 2021 and apply it in those warehouses registered in the municipality, as well as implement the current regulations in non-registered agricultural input marketing warehouses. For this and to comply, visits were made to the different establishments in the company of the institution's professional. 20 establishments were visited, of which 50% meet the requirements for marketing, storage and handling of these products, contributing not only to the application of the standard but also to the concurrence of a potential risk due to exposure to chemical substances; On the other hand, of the 20 establishments dedicated to the commercialization of agricultural inputs in the municipality of Arauquita, only 6 stores comply with the ICA registration, of which 14 are without registration and of the latter 4 of them are not interested in registering. Likewise, the results of the samples taken and sent to the national laboratory of agricultural inputs (LANIA) were within the optimal standards for their commercialization. An update was made of the database of commercial establishments that distribute agricultural inputs, where the general data of the establishment, date of the last technical visit carried out and ICA registration were assigned, these establishments were quantified and georeferenced.