In September, the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAP) began a selection process to designate seven new attachés to serve in Canada, Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia and Morocco, as well as China and the European Union, which will have two professionals in this activity . According to the Secretariat of International Relations of Agribusiness, the expectation is that they assume the posts in December.
In November, candidates selected to compose the triple list for the post in those countries will take the preparation course. The expansion of the number of markets with agricultural attachés is part of the MPLS’s strategy to increase Brazil’s 7% participation as a supplier of agribusiness products in the world to 10%.
For the time being, the country has agricultural attaches to 14 diplomatic missions in South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, China, South Korea, the United States, India, Japan, Mexico, WTO / Geneva, Russia, Thailand, the European Union and Vietnam
In conjunction with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the MPLS established the plan for the implementation and expansion of agricultural attachés, considering a schedule that began in 2017 and a deadline for completion in 2020. The objective of the plan is to complete the goal of designating , in the period, 25 adidas responsible for meeting agribusiness demands in more than 100 countries.
The intensification of globalization and the global crisis has demanded that governments take an increasingly aggressive stance on the international scene, said SRI Secretary Odilson Ribeiro e Silva. “And since agriculture is a global issue, with developments that ignore national boundaries, the role of agricultural attachés has become fundamental not only to defend the interests of their countries but also to ensure economic gains as a whole.”
According to the secretary, “the function of the agricultural attache arises from the need for professionals of excellence, who defend the interests of Brazilian agriculture in loco, with the main commercial partners in the world.”
Among the most important tasks are the search for better access conditions for agribusiness products and the study of agricultural policies and legislation of agricultural interest in their countries, as well as the monitoring of possible changes in sanitary and phytosanitary policies of other countries, participation in events on matters of interest to the agribusiness and the monitoring of cooperation actions in the agricultural area, including environmental, anti-hunger and rural development policies.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.