AgroPages reports: Lawmakers in the Argentine government have recently introduced a bill aimed at taxing agricultural chemicals and synthetic fertilizers. The tax will be classified according to the toxicity level of the product, starting from 10% of the product value, and a staggered progressive tax rate has been formulated.
Lawmakers said the bill was aimed at "promoting agroecology" and would use money raised from the tax to create a fund to promote organic farming. All funds will be guaranteed for the development and dissemination of science and technology to make them fully suitable for production systems based on ecological agriculture. The creation of a "National Ecological Agriculture Fund" will also be considered to facilitate the transition from traditional production to organic models.
According to the authors, the initiative also aims to reduce "reliance on external inputs, eliminate inputs from synthetic chemicals, and increase the self-sufficiency of agro-ecosystems".
The fund will impose a 0.25 percent tax on exports of soybeans, corn, wheat and their derivatives, in addition to taxes on agrochemicals and synthetic fertilizers. On the other hand, the project encourages the Argentine government to give priority to purchasing products from ecological agriculture.
According to the bill, producers of agrochemicals and non-organic fertilizers, or those responsible for introducing them to the Argentine market, will pay the tax. The agencies responsible for the collection will be the National Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries and the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development. Report: Lawmakers in the Argentine government have introduced a bill targeting a tax on agricultural chemicals and synthetic fertilizers. The tax will be classified according to the toxicity level of the product, starting from 10% of the product value, and a staggered progressive tax rate has been formulated.
Lawmakers said the bill was aimed at "promoting agroecology" and would use money raised from the tax to create a fund to promote organic farming. All funds will be guaranteed for the development and dissemination of science and technology to make them fully suitable for production systems based on ecological agriculture. The creation of a "National Ecological Agriculture Fund" will also be considered to facilitate the transition from traditional production to organic models.
According to the authors, the initiative also aims to reduce "reliance on external inputs, eliminate inputs from synthetic chemicals, and increase the self-sufficiency of agro-ecosystems".
The fund will impose a 0.25 percent tax on exports of soybeans, corn, wheat and their derivatives, in addition to taxes on agrochemicals and synthetic fertilizers. On the other hand, the project encourages the Argentine government to give priority to purchasing products from ecological agriculture.
According to the bill, producers of agrochemicals and non-organic fertilizers, or those responsible for introducing them to the Argentine market, will pay the tax. The agencies responsible for the collection will be the National Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries and the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development. Report: Lawmakers in the Argentine government have introduced a bill targeting a tax on agricultural chemicals and synthetic fertilizers. The tax will be classified according to the toxicity level of the product, starting from 10% of the product value, and a staggered progressive tax rate has been formulated.
Lawmakers said the bill was aimed at "promoting agroecology" and would use money raised from the tax to create a fund to promote organic farming. All funds will be guaranteed for the development and dissemination of science and technology to make them fully suitable for production systems based on ecological agriculture. The creation of a "National Ecological Agriculture Fund" will also be considered to facilitate the transition from traditional production to organic models.
According to the authors, the initiative also aims to reduce "reliance on external inputs, eliminate inputs from synthetic chemicals, and increase the self-sufficiency of agro-ecosystems".
The fund will impose a 0.25 percent tax on exports of soybeans, corn, wheat and their derivatives, in addition to taxes on agrochemicals and synthetic fertilizers. On the other hand, the project encourages the Argentine government to give priority to purchasing products from ecological agriculture.
According to the bill, producers of agrochemicals and non-organic fertilizers, or those responsible for introducing them to the Argentine market, will pay the tax. The agencies responsible for the collection will be the National Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries and the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development. Report: Lawmakers in the Argentine government have introduced a bill targeting a tax on agricultural chemicals and synthetic fertilizers. The tax will be classified according to the toxicity level of the product, starting from 10% of the product value, and a staggered progressive tax rate has been formulated.
Lawmakers said the bill was aimed at "promoting agroecology" and would use money raised from the tax to create a fund to promote organic farming. All funds will be guaranteed for the development and dissemination of science and technology to make them fully suitable for production systems based on ecological agriculture. The creation of a "National Ecological Agriculture Fund" will also be considered to facilitate the transition from traditional production to organic models.
According to the authors, the initiative also aims to reduce "reliance on external inputs, eliminate inputs from synthetic chemicals, and increase the self-sufficiency of agro-ecosystems".
The fund will impose a 0.25 percent tax on exports of soybeans, corn, wheat and their derivatives, in addition to taxes on agrochemicals and synthetic fertilizers. On the other hand, the project encourages the Argentine government to give priority to purchasing products from ecological agriculture.
According to the bill, producers of agrochemicals and non-organic fertilizers, or those responsible for introducing them to the Argentine market, will pay the tax. The agencies responsible for the collection will be the National Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries and the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development.
Source: AgroPages
