The ILPF Network, an association formed between Embrapa, the Cocamar cooperative and the companies will be launched this Wednesday (04), at Embrapa Sede, in Brasilia (DF). John Deere, Soesp and Syngenta. The objective is to stimulate the use of crop-livestock-forest integration (ILPF) technology and help ensure that Brazil reaches 19.3 million hectares with ILPF by 2020. It is estimated that today, approximately 14.6 million Brazilian hectares are managed with the use of integrated systems.
The public-private partnership marks a new phase of a work begun in 2012, when the ILPF Development Network was formed. At that time, with another legal constitution, companies began to contribute annually R $ 500,000 each in a foundation to fund actions conducted by Embrapa, such as the installation of 107 Technological Reference Units, field days and technical events, training professionals, as well as generating information on integrated agricultural production systems. The goal was to accelerate the process of technology transfer, enabling broad adoption of ILPF by producers across the country.
The transformation of the ILPF Network into an association aims to facilitate the entry of new partner companies, allowing the expansion of the actions developed. According to the president of the Management Board of the ILPF Network and researcher of Embrapa, Renato Rodrigues, the expectation is that the association can count on representatives from different sectors such as forest base, milk production chain and information technology, for example.
In the event of launching the ILPF Network, the representatives of the participating institutions of the association will sign the cooperation agreement. Among the presences already confirmed will be the presidents of Embrapa, Mauricio Lopes, John Deere in Brazil, Paulo Herrman, of Cocamar Luiz Lourenço.