Farsul shows difference between volume announced and made available in the 2017/18 harvest plan

The difference in the volume of funds announced by the federal government in the 2017/18 Safra Plan in relation to the amount withdrawn is R $ 57 billion. The finding is made by the Federation of Agriculture of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (Farsul). The entity The effective increase in credit available to rural producers, compared to the previous plan, was 3.6%.

“In practice, the result is a reduction in the number of contracts and an increase in their average value, making credit inaccessible to most producers,” Farsul said in a statement.

The entity says that the mismatch between announced and available values was accentuated from 2015. The difference in 2007/2008 was R $ 6 billion, for the current plan, the projection of the Farsul System is that it reaches R $ 38, 6 billion. At the same time, the number of Rural Credit contracts fell from 327,431 to 164,545 in the period, while the average ticket jumped from R $ 22,741.12 to R $ 188,778.13. The concern is to maintain the current format that ultimately accelerates the process of credit selectivity.

The president of the Farsul System, Gideão Pereira, explains that the objective of the study is not to generate controversy, but to collaborate to improve public policies, avoiding the growth of distortions. “The Farsul System understands that for this improvement, the measurement and analysis are important steps that belong to the private sector, and this is what we are doing,” he says.

The Farsul System had already made similar surveys in previous years, as the chief economist, Antônio da Luz recalls. “We want to make agricultural plans more and more efficient. We seek to discuss the results so that by looking at them we can have better policies. And what they show so far is that there is still a lot to be done, “he says.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.