The former Agriculture Minister, Roberto Rodrigues, presented a State plan for agriculture at the meeting of the Higher Council of Agribusiness (Cosag), of the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo (Fiesp) , which covers 12 years and aims to transform Brazil into a world champion in food safety. “It is not a plan for agriculture, it is for the country, a plan for peace, because there is no peace when there is hunger. Agribusiness offers Brazil this possibility, “he said.
“The lack of leaders in the contemporary world has also moved the project,” said Rodrigues. According to him, with the plan, Brazil will have a much stronger international role. The former minister stressed that six key themes constitute the plan.
Fiscal balance is the first, from which others were addressed. The second, food security, started from the necessary growth of 20% in the supply of food in the next 10 years – and for that, Brazil would need to make a bigger contribution, growing 40% in the period.
The plan also addresses the technology needed for the 40% growth. Economic policy is also contemplated, with rural insurance as its central theme – part of the solution for food security. “With the elimination of subsidies for large and medium producers there would be resources to target rural insurance,” said Rodrigues.
Logistics and foreign trade are part of the agenda, as well as legal security – for contracts and also for companies and rural workers in relation to their stability. Another important point is agricultural defense, including the industrial sector. Management in the field also has some issues linked to the government. Agroenergy ratifies questions posed by the RenovaBio.
Sustainability, stressed the former minister, is a transversal theme to all others. “You can not imagine competitiveness without sustainability.” The second cross-cutting theme is communication, concluded Rodrigues.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.