Four of the 13 candidates for the Presidency of the Republic presented their proposals for agribusiness during the “Meeting with Presidents 2018” promoted by the Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock of Brazil (CNA) and the Agro Council, held in Brasília (DF).
Participating in the event were Alvaro Dias (Podemos), Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB), Henrique Meirelles (MDB) and Marina Silva (Rede). On that occasion, the presidential candidates received from CNA a document with a series of proposals aimed at guaranteeing the growth of the agricultural sector in Brazil for the coming years.
Check out some proposals submitted by the candidates:
Geraldo Alckmin– The former governor of São Paulo spoke about one of the main debates of the sector at the moment: the freight tariff. Alckmin criticized the measure, claiming to be a setback. The way of the future is to have a rule for Petrobras not to do permanently readjustments, but to make an average, and you have a tributary mattress for those moments.
On criminality in the field, the candidate defended that the producer has the bearing of arms facilitated and also said that it will create a security agency that unites the armed forces, Abin, Federal Police, Federal Highway Police. Regarding the legal security of the producers, Alckmin proposed to reissue a provisional measure of the former President Fernando Henrique that forbade invaded land to be expropriated for the effect of agrarian reform.
Henrique Meirelles– The first question made to the former economy minister was about Agrarian Reform. “There are several projects that can facilitate the resolution of this issue, such as land titling. But there is much bureaucracy and ideological opposition to this process within normative structures. So we have to bureaucratize and establish a model of greater efficiency and develop a land regularization program.
Speaking on trade agreements, Meirelles stressed that the agricultural sector needs to be more competitive, using the segment’s own image to ensure the opening of new markets. He also pointed out that the country is able to attract investments to the logistics area, not only on highways, but in all modes.
Alvaro Dias– Technical support, rural extension, credit, microcredit, export support, warehousing and cooperativism are some of the proposals presented by the candidate of Podemos to strengthen the Brazilian rural middle class. The chairman also stressed that he will support the cooperative system and that it will encourage the agricultural insurance policy, which, according to him, does not favor the producer at that time.
Regarding the development of the agricultural activity in the Northeastern and Semi-Arid regions, the presidential candidate emphasized the creation of a state policy for the Northeast and the fight against desertification in the semi-arid with the change of the energy matrix of the region.
Marina Silva– Known for advocating sustainable actions, Marina Silva said in her presentation that it is possible to increase production by increasing productivity with zero deforestation.
“I have included zero legal deforestation in my government program and working to ensure that those who are entitled to deforestation do not clear out because they can increase production for productivity gains,” said the candidate.
Regarding the use of pesticides, Marina disagrees with the flexibilization of the law that allows the use of products in Brazil, but which are prohibited in other countries. “What is not good for the Europeans and Americans will surely disrupt our business in the foreign market.”
The candidate agreed that there is a delay in the registration of the defenses. According to her, while in Brazil there are only 22 agents to do these evaluations, while in the United States there are 800 high-level employees. “Anvisa and Ibama need to be properly trained to have agility without loss of quality. And this we will do, “said the candidate.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.