During the first meeting with President-elect Jair Bolsonaro, the new Minister of Agriculture, Ms. Tereza Cristina (DEM-MS), said that she will still define the agricultural policy guidelines with the president, however, issues such as changes in environmental licensing and pesticide standards are points to be worked on.
According to information from Agência Camara, the future minister will seek dialogue with the current president of the Chamber of Deputies, Rodrigo Maia, to try to approve this year the easing of environmental licensing.
On agrarian reform, Tereza Cristina defended an improvement in the infrastructure and productivity of areas already expropriated before a new process of land redistribution. “We have a lot of areas that need to get the projects done to be productive, for people to have dignity and income and to see the pockets where the reform needs to continue.”
Another polemic issue involving rural producers is the demarcation of indigenous lands. She acknowledged that there are many Indians who need to expand their lands to have more dignity of life, but criticized the judicialization of the process. “We have to find a way to not judicialize. If justice is done and the two of them can survive. We have a lot of land in Brazil. We need more dialogue, less ideology and more result. “
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.