Ministerial Decree No. 618 of 2009 concerning the resistance to the smut disease in sugar canes.

This Resolution is composed of 9 articles. Article 1 decrees the establishment of committees in all provinces producers of sugarcane composed of experts and specialists in order to fight sugarcane smut disease. Article 2 deals with tasks and procedures to be taken by the aforementioned committees against smut disease in particular to: organize operations of disease control; estimate the proportion of injury; determine the age of infection; disposal of infected plants and roots by the use of diesel; flood fields with water for a period from 7 to 14 days; and, plough the infected field twice orthogonal and in-depth. Article 3 deals with the establishment of committees in the interested provinces for the Committee to decide the financial contributions for farmers who damaged their farm. Articles 4 to 7 deal with procedures for the payment of funds allocated as a contribution to farmers.