The fight with brown marble bug will continue after the removal of the Rosselkhoznadzor restrictions against Abkhazia on the import into Russia of plant products, said TASS, the Minister of agriculture of Abkhazia, Daur Tarba on Thursday.

The Rosselkhoznadzor on April 2, introduced temporary restrictions on the import into Russia from Abkhazia of all products of plant origin, as well as reusable packaging and wood packaging material due to a large proliferation of brown marble bug. On Thursday it became known that vegetables, fruits, flowers and reusable containers will return to the Russian market under control of the Rosselkhoznadzor from the 10th of April.

"The job of destroying the marble bug after the lifting of restrictions will not stop and will continue all summer. For ten days the population was engaged in mechanical harvesting of insect because it has not yet emerged from hibernation. Next week we will begin chemical treatment," - said the Minister of agriculture of Abkhazia.

According to Tarba, the removal of restrictions will allow the export of already Mature in greenhouses are tomatoes and cucumbers, and salads. "Loading of plant products will be managed under joint control gosgarantii inspection of Abkhazia and the representatives of the Rosselkhoznadzor," - said the Minister.

With regard to further actions in the fight with marble bug, then, according to Tarby, it requires constant work, therefore each district should establish permanent working groups, to equip them with all necessary equipment and chemicals. "I thank the people of our country for what it responded to and was involved immediately in control for a short period of time, the people gathered mechanically more than two tons of the pest and destroyed, thereby reducing its population many times" he said.

The Ministry of agriculture of Abkhazia in the eve of the beginning of the process of spraying will conduct explanatory work with the population, including those using national television to let people know what crops and when to spray. He noted that the Russian agriculture Ministry is preparing a huge batch of humanitarian aid, including chemicals and technical means for their application.