The Minister of Agriculture, Tereza Cristina, stressed the importance of rural insurance at the meeting of the Higher Council of Agribusiness (Cosag), of the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo (Fiesp). “If there is security, banks will tend to lend more, in better conditions,” he said.
According to the future minister, agribusiness communication also needs to change. “The time of Brazilian farming has arrived. No more division. We need to join forces. We need to make our society aware of the good that the sector does to the country. “
International trade was also highlighted by Tereza Cristina, who revealed that a department of Itamaraty will take care exclusively of agribusiness. “Environment will talk to agriculture, with the focus of unlocking agribusiness.”
According to the future minister, the pulp will have as good news, the unification of all sizes of agriculture. “It will work. We need to approach the small farmers, own their lots, give them conditions. “Health defense is worrying, but necessary, stressed Tereza Cristina. “We have to adjust it. Each – government and the private sector – needs to do its part and assume their responsibilities. Food security is necessary for peace, and Brazil must stop paternalism. Before and after it is with the ministry, and the production is with the producers, “he said, advocating self-regulation.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.