The scenario of agriculture and Brazil for next year: challenges and perspectives. This was the tone of the speech at the seminar Agro Scenario 2019, conducted by the Brazilian Association of Soybean Producers (Aprosoja Brazil), on Wednesday (12). The event was attended by the President of the Parliamentary Front of Agriculture (FPA) and future Minister of Agriculture, Ms. Tereza Cristina (DEM / MS), FPA President-elect for 2019, Alceu Moreira (MDB / RS), and other FPA members and members of the productive sector.
Tereza Cristina explained that the moment calls for better communication of the gateway in and out. “We know our potential. We need to show this in the most successful way possible. Agriculture is one. Our great challenge now is to make family farming increasingly an integral part of the strength of Brazilian agriculture, “said the president.
At the head of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MPLS), the future minister stressed that she will make internal and external management, more agile and in line with the Ministry of Environment. “Agility, with legal certainty, will guarantee the progress that the country needs,” said Tereza Cristina.
For the future president of the FPA in 2019, deputy Alceu Moreira (MDB / RS), research and technology in the competitiveness of Brazilian production are necessary. He reiterated that the planning of the agricultural sector can no longer be done every three years.
“We need to think long-term. We want a policy for ten years. We need predictability and security, “he stressed. Moreira also added that the country needs more efficient and modern public policies. “Simplifying is not precarious. It is to leverage the development of the country. We need a transversal productive arrangement that considers logistics, infrastructure, access to credit and investments in a single public policy. “
The parliamentarian also participated in the panel ‘Impacts of the political scenario in 2019 on Brazilian agribusiness’. In the debate, the future president of the FPA said that the new government and the new legislature of the National Congress opened space for the construction of an absolutely new Brazil. “Parliament needs to respond to what society needs,” argued Moreira.
Also present at the event, the Minister of Agriculture, Blairo Maggi, reflected on the progress achieved during his administration, mainly in opening the foreign market. “Agriculture has grown exponentially and has taken on a great deal of responsibility. The MPLS is a pleasant environment, because we work with our vocation, which is the agro,” he said. said the minister.
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In his opening address, the president of Aprosoja Brasil, Bartolomeu Braz, said that Brazil is living a new political and economic scenario and the agricultural sector is part of it. For the president, there is a need for a more efficient agricultural policy that can give the producer and the foreign market peace of mind. “We need to show the true Brazil: the one that produces, that generates jobs and income,” he said.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.