Brasília, 28 (Agência Brasil - ABr) - Minister of Agriculture, Pratini de Morais, said yesterday he wants to speed up the construction of the biofactory to combat the "Mediterranean Fly", putting it into operation as soon as possible. The biofactory is scheduled to be ready in 8 months and will produce a remedy for the Mediterranean fruit fly.

According to the minister, the biofactory will reaffirm Brazil's "extraordinary" fruit producing potential and eliminate the possibility of other countries applying sanitation barriers on Brazilian fruit exports. (AB)